North: Cataract surgeons 'blitz' waiting list

A team of surgeons from a private clinic in England is spending the weekend in Co Tyrone trying to wipe out the waiting list of people in the area needing cataract operations, it was revealed today.

The 25 surgeons and nurses from the Birkdale Clinic in Liverpool will perform around 200 cataract and other eye operations in a two day blitz.