Over 350 patients are waiting over 18 months for treatment at local hospitals.
The most recent report from the National Treatment Purchase Fund reveals just over 5,000 inpatients were on the waiting list as of the end of December.
A total of 5,186 are languishing on outpatient waiting lists at Sligo, Roscommon, Portiuncula and Mullingar hospitals.
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As of the 31st of December, this number included 222 children.
Sligo University Hospital saw the highest number waiting with 3,313, followed by Roscommon Hospital where there were 750.
584 were recorded at Portiuncula and there was 539 at Mullingar Regional Hospital.
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Overall, figures show there were 107,181 patients waiting nationally with 8,352 of those children.
