Postponed surgeries - Officials play politics with lives

Elective surgery and other elective procedures were postponed on average of 80 times a day across the country during the first six months of this year, according to the Health Service Executive (HSE).

That means that there were at least 10,368 postponements, but there seems to be a general consensus that these figures are on the optimistic side.

There is a gross disparity in the figures for the various networks around the country.