The Irish Hospital Consultants Association says new figures, which show almost 7,000 children are on waiting lists in the Midwest don’t show the full picture.
Figures obtained by Fianna Fáil show the 6,675 children awaiting care across the UL Hospitals Group are among almost 117,000 across the country.
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The IHCA says the data reveals the ‘full extent of the problem’ which children and their families are experiencing across Clare, Limerick and North Tipperary in accessing timely hospital care.
But Secretary General of the IHCA, Martin Varley has been telling Clare FM’s Fiona Cahill, that further unpublished figures need to be made known, to be able to deal with the growing lists.
