Fears are growing over a four-fold increase in the number of people in this region waiting for vital eye-care appointments.
A leading blindness charity’s warning that some patients in the Midwest are at risk of irreversible damage to their sight as they await treatment at University Hospital Limerick.
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Over the last year, waiting lists for outpatient ophthalmology appointments have increased by 70 percent at the region’s main hospital.
Almost 700 people are now waiting for more than a year.
