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700,000 patients waiting for treatment in april, which is approximately one in five of the welsh population. over 68,000 of them have been waiting for two years. the government says services are still recovering following the pandemic. 0ur correspondent hywel griffith reports. after four years of waiting, patricia is finally having her operation. she needs a joint replacement in her thumb so she can do simple things like cooking and gardening again. it was very difficult, but covid came in the middle and there wasn't anything you could do, and i just accepted it. it's nothing you can do about ...
After four years of waiting, patricia is finally having her operation. she needs a joint replacement in her thumb so she can do simple things like cooking and gardening again. it was very difficult, but covid came in the middle and there wasn't anything you could do, and i just accepted it. it's nothing you can do about it. you just have to get on with it, don't you? long waits are something patients in wales have had to accept. pre—pandemic, around 5% of patients were already waiting more than nine months for treatment. now, more than a third wait that long. seeing their health deteriorate ...
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And why she's waiting so long. she is in so much pain every single day. it's not fair. it depresses you, you know, because you can see she's in pain. she's gone crying every night when she goes to bed, screaming in pain. you know, how would anybody would like to see somebody screaming in pain every day? this is where marie's family want her, need her to be, receiving orthopedic surgery. but the backlog is enormous, and it's not all down to the pandemic. there were already deep—rooted problems with long lists and a lack of capacity. patricia has also waited for years for her surgery — a joi...