‘I was told I would wait years for hip surgery, so I went to Belfast and now I’m pain-free’

‘I was told I would wait years for hip surgery, so I went to Belfast and now I’m pain-free’

Growing numbers of public patients are escaping long waiting list queues and taking matters in to their own hands by travelling to Northern Ireland or an EU country for treatment while the HSE picks up the bill.

ew figures reveal more than €4.9m was paid out by the HSE to patients going to approved hospitals in Northern Ireland up to the end of June.

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