Top Cork surgeon warns funding pledge for children's surgeries must not be 'pipe dream'
Orthopaedic surgeon Pat Kiely: 'It is no doubt true that we got knocked back by Covid, that really clobbered us and we are not where we need to be at.'
The pandemic “absolutely hammered” waiting lists for children’s surgery, meaning recently announced funding plans can not be "a pipe dream", a leading Cork surgeon has urged.
March figures for spinal surgeries show 163 waiting for spinal fusion and 96 for other spinal surgeries. There have been 86 of these procedures done this year.
