Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for his response. The most bizarre aspect of that response was the comment that the Galway-Roscommon NCCP office is looking at the efficacy of this pump. Mr. Sultan, the head of the Western Vascular Institute, has published peer review studies on this equipment and an analysis of the 127 patients on the waiting list showed it is five and a half times cheaper to use the ArtAssist pump than to treat people conventionally. Of those treated with this equipment, 94% will save their legs. Even purely from a social point of view, the efficacy has been proven, along with peer reviewed research. I find it bizarre the HSE wants to carry out its own review.

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