Women with incontinence 'are crying their eyes out, they don’t want to go abroad' for surgery

Cork University Maternity Hospital consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist Suzanne O’Sullivan said 'we’re outliers on the world stage'. Picture: Larry Cummins

Women are being forced to go abroad to have surgery for incontinence as it has been paused in Ireland since 2018, but in a strange twist the HSE can reimburse them for operations in other countries.

It is a case of “medical madness”, said one woman who travelled to Spain for surgery.