Skin condition patient on waiting list for eight years

A PATIENT with a skin condition remains on a waiting list more than eight years after a GP referral for specialist treatment to the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick.

According to the Health Service Executive (HSE), the patient in question is considered non-urgent and has been asked if they wish to remain on the waiting list until at least 2010.

This is when the consultant dermatologist staffing complement is expected to double from one to two and when the HSE expects to be in a position to offer the patient a chance to be seen and treated.