Almost 93 surgeries were cancelled each day during the month of January.
That’s according to Sinn Fein which also says hospitals across the country currently face up to 100 percent occupancy each week.
The party says that patients’ health is being severely undermined by underinvestment in the Public Health Service.
Sinn Féin Health Spokesperson Louise O’Reilly says the cancelling of surgeries is adding to the Emergency Department crisis:
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