13,400 people are on waiting lists for outpatient and inpatient appointments at University Hospital Kerry.
That’s according to figures from the National Treatment Purchase Fund for April.
13,400 people were waiting on outpatient and inpatient appointments at University Hospital Kerry, as of the end of April.
There are also another 2,965 people on the planned procedure list there – these are patients who have had treatment but require additional treatment at UHK at a future date.
These figures from the National Treatment Purchase Fund from the end of April show there were almost 12,010 people awaiting outpatients’ appointments at UHK.
11,130 of these are adults, while 880 are children.
There are almost 1,400 (1,390) people awaiting inpatients’ appointments at UHK, including for endoscopies, as of the end of April.
The report shows there were four suspensions for GI endoscopies at the Tralee hospital last month.
Meanwhile, 279 people are on the inpatient day case to come in list at UHK, and a further 280 people are on the endoscopy to come in list.
