# Surgery
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worrying
Non-emergency surgical death rates in Africa are double the global average
4 Jan 2018
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busy period
Surgeries at Cork hospital cancelled for two weeks as flu and 'revelry' make their impact
22 Dec 2017
9.8k
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Waiting Lists
'It's Belfast or go blind': Bus of elderly head on eight-hour journey up North for cataract surgery
18 Dec 2017
17.5k
38
Recovery
Man United defender ruled out for up to three months as he undergoes surgery
15 Dec 2017
4.7k
2
vaginal mesh
Vaginal mesh campaigner dies in Canada after being hospitalised for sepsis
5 Dec 2017
124k
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mary comber
'I don't want to jump queues': Thousands waiting up to 4 years for cataract surgery
22 Nov 2017
12.2k
51
spinal curve
Children with scoliosis on waiting lists more than 4 months given option to go abroad for surgery
27 Sep 2017
9.7k
28
prolapse
Irish women take legal action over 'razor blade' vaginal mesh implants
18 Sep 2017
79.2k
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Washington
Former US presidential candidate John McCain diagnosed with brain cancer
20 Jul 2017
19.1k
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clock is ticking
'It's not fair to leave people in this pain': Westmeath woman waiting 2 years for surgery on chronic back ailment
17 Jul 2017
17.5k
40
Bariatric surgery
Ireland is carrying out less than one weight loss surgery a week
13 Jul 2017
9.0k
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ectopic pregnancy
'She asked me to pray for her': Inquest hears pregnant woman died during surgery at Holles Street
21 Jun 2017
31.0k
Stigma
'It's not an easy way out': Is surgery the way to help solve Ireland's obesity crisis?
22 May 2017
19.2k
54
spinal curve
'He’s very brave, he was in surgery for 10 hours': Tommy Long finally gets scoliosis operation
17 Apr 2017
17.1k
12
Bangladesh
First female to suffer from 'tree man syndrome' undergoes successful surgery
12 Feb 2017
56.6k
12
scoliosis
'I see my daughter crying in pain, her body bending over. We can't wait two years'
7 Feb 2017
39.3k
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pain and suffering
Hundreds of surgeries cancelled nationwide as overcrowding crisis grips health system
11 Jan 2017
9.0k
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Breakthrough
Cork researchers develop 'smart knee' that could speed up surgery recovery
20 Dec 2016
13.5k
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spinal curve
'This is a huge scandal': Children with scoliosis deteriorating as waiting lists worsen
13 Nov 2016
18.0k
45
cut to the bone
Dave Pocock posted an extremely in-depth pic after surgery on his broken hand
25 Sep 2016
16.5k
7
Investigation
Teenager had surgery after serious assault in Waterford last night
8 Sep 2016
18.7k
18
Bad Reception
Pictures: The case of a Dublin prisoner who swallowed a mobile phone
15 May 2016
38.0k
57
Optimism
Jon Walters issues positive injury update after reports suggest he could miss the Euros
31 Mar 2016
12.1k
9
Historic milestone
20-year-old student receives Ireland's first ever double lung transplant of its kind
16 Mar 2016
18.1k
20
Voices
'Needles, doctors and hospitals have been a part of Colleen’s life for as long as she remembers'
Rachael Cahill White
26 Jan 2016
308
12
nose job
There's a plastic surgery craze in Iran and people are wearing their nose bandages with pride
9 Jan 2016
25.9k
28
Under the knife
Bad news for anyone still hoping to see Tiger Woods get back to his best
19 Sep 2015
5.1k
4
no morphine
Forget the drugs, listening to music during surgery can reduce your pain
13 Aug 2015
8.0k
17