I know 1 man who died whilst on a waiting list to have an OP done on his back. In about 2010 he was given a date for the OP. The date? 2024. I kid you not. He was getting worse by the year. Died a few year back. Right now we have the cervical test results scandal going on. All the botched up results. The main issue? Nobody told the patients. Not until 6 years later. By that time a good few of them had already died. Few more were dying. In the US there is a law were the doctor has to tell the patient what is going on. That law is not here in Ireland. People knew mistakes had been made. Only nobody wanted to tell the women. Their GP said it was not up to him. 6 whole years to be told. That is how messed up things are.