Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 28 September 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Spinal Surgery Issues at Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Children's Health Ireland
Ms Paula Kelly:
I could not put an exact number on that but I could get back to the Deputy with that figure on the issue of complexity because complexity varies within the speciality. Cardiac surgery tends to be highly complex. Day care surgery tends to be less complex obviously but inpatient surgery would be much more complex. Complex is highly defined and it is not clear what it is. A patient who requires the intensive care unit, ICU, post operatively; that would be complex.
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