Dublin South West TD, Se\u00e1n Crowe, has described figures he\nhas received from the interim Minister for Health, Simon Harris, regarding\nwaiting times to see a Dermatologist in St. James\u2019 Hospital as \u2018disturbing and\ndangerous.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Crowe was informed that currently 3,614 patients are on the\nwaiting list to see a Dermatologist and 1,874 have been waiting over 6 months\nfor an appointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deputy Se\u00e1n Crowe said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHaving to wait 6 months or more for to see a dermatologist in St. James\u2019 Hospital is not only cruel but also dangerous. There are currently 3,614 people waiting to see a dermatologist and over half have been waiting 6 months or more, with 430 waiting 12-15 months and 198 waiting over 15 months. This is clearly not acceptable and cannot be allowed to continue.<\/p>
\u201cMinister Harris\u2019 reply which outlined these excessive and dangerous waiting times is troubling.<\/p>
\u201cTreatment for a medical condition in Ireland should not be reliant on where you live, who you know, or how much money you have, but that is largely the way his health system has evolved under successive Governments.<\/p>
\u201cSurely anyone in need of medical care for inflamed, irritating, infected skin conditions, should not have to wait months and or even years as they while their condition worsens. This is downright cruel, dangerous, and unacceptable.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Crowe continued:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere are now more than 677,000 people on waiting lists for a medical procedure, that\u2019s around one in every seven people in the State. 107,040 if them have been waiting more than 18 months.<\/p>
\u201cWe need radical change in our health service. This is what people voted for on 8 February. Sinn F\u00e9in want to form a government which will tackle these waiting lists by hiring more staff, reopening closed beds, building new beds and wards where they are needed, and having elective only hospitals.<\/p>
\u201cWe also want to approach waiting lists differently than ever before through the introduction of a new system, Comhliosta, a new and single Integrated Hospital Waiting List Management System.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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