Over 39,000 people are waiting for an out-patient appointment at University Hospital Waterford.
A new study from the Irish Independent has found that outpatient waiting lists are the worst hit across the country.
The only hospital in the South East featured on the list is UHW where 39, 274 people are waiting for an appointment.
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There's a current waiting list of 171 adults waiting for a hip or other orthopaedic procedure at the Mater hospital in Dublin , 29 of them for over one year, across the city in St. James' the waiting list soars to 867 for the same treatment, with 339 in the queue for over a year.
In terms of general surgeries like hernia, varicose veins and gallbladder operations, the numbers waiting over 12 months range from 225 in St. Vincents in Dublin to 502 in Galway University.
When it comes to gynaecology Cork University Hospital has 151 women waiting over a year for treatment compared to 27 in the Coombe.
