Fraction of lifesaving weight-loss surgery needs met

Only a fraction of the need for lifesaving weight-loss surgery is being met by the country’s public health system.

Almost 8% of older adults are potentially eligible for bariatric surgery but a study has found that less than 0.1% of this need is being met

Researchers at the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College Cork discovered 92,500 (7.97%) adults need weight-loss surgery.