Almost 76,000 patients now on waiting lists for orthopaedics 

The longest waiting lists are in the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital.

Close to 76,000 patients across the country are waiting for an orthopaedic outpatient appointment, with one-third or close to 26,000 waiting in the Munster region.

Figures furnished in the Dáil last week show that 18,566 patients were awaiting an orthopaedic outpatient appointment in the South / South West Hospital group in the month of August – the highest number across six hospital groups – while a further 7,054 waited for an appointment at Croom Orthopaedic Hospital in Limerick.