Protestors have gathered outside the gates of Waterford Regional Hospital today to express frustration at long waiting lists.
One of the protestors, the father of an 11-year-old girl, says his daughter has already been waiting a number of years to have her tonsils removed.
The young girl was presented to A&E at Waterford Regional Hospital last Monday with tonsillitis but was discharged on Wednesday following medical examination.
Her father says she is now very ill with a high temperature and a virus and should never have been discharged and put on a waiting list.
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