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# Bariatric surgery

Last year
2023
Medics call for national registry of patients who underwent weight-loss surgery abroad
All time
This surgery could help solve Ireland's obesity crisis and save the country billions
More than €4.5 million was spent on liposuction in public hospitals since 2009
Over €1 million spent last year on surgeries for morbidly obese people
Ireland is carrying out less than one weight loss surgery a week