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<p>The HSE is reimbursing patients who travel to other EU countries or to the North for procedures such as cataract operations and hip replacement. Stock picture</p>

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HSE spends €7m on healthcare outside of State in first six months of this year

5,000-plus patients were reimbursed under the EU's Cross-Border Healthcare Directive and the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme

<p>Neilie Duggan accompanying his wife Patsy, from Rosscarbery, West Cork, on the Belfast or Blind bus. Picture: Neil Michael.</p>

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Belfast or Blind: Stories from the life-changing cataracts bus

<p>Belfast or Blind bus: Martin Collins (on the left by the window) and John Ambrose. John, 75, was told a month ago he would not get cataracts in his eyes done for at last two years. Picture: Neil Michael</p>

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Belfast or Blind: 100th bus departs for cataracts service

Six years v two weeks: The Irish patients beating the waiting lists to get treatment abroad

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Six years v two weeks: The Irish patients beating the waiting lists to get treatment abroad

'Cataracts express' service in doubt amid funding uncertainty

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'Cataracts express' service in doubt amid funding uncertainty

Replacement for Cross-Border Directive will see 'cataract bus' resume when restrictions lift

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Replacement for Cross-Border Directive will see 'cataract bus' resume when restrictions lift