Trend of operation cancellations alarming, says Hayes

NEARLY 3,000 operations were cancelled in April and May, new Health Service Executive (HSE) figures revealed last night.

Fine Gael health spokesman Brian Hayes warned the 2,837 figure for the two months pointed to a year-end total of about 15,000.

“This worryingly high figure indicates that the trend where 40,000 operations were cancelled between 2004 and mid-2006 is continuing.