'I experienced pain for 13 years before I was diagnosed': The fight to improve endometriosis care

A conference on the painful condition heard that although care has improved, much more needs to be done

Dr Aoife McSweeney, consultant gynaecologist at Cork University Maternity Hospital speaks at the conference on endometriosis.

A woman for whom endometriosis caused a 31-day period is well-placed to say case for the condition is improving — and she is well-placed to comment as she is also studying to be a doctor.

New data shows Cork University Maternity Hospital did more endometriosis surgeries in the last two years than during the decade before that.