A hospital in Spain has opened for patients stuck on long waiting lists in Ireland.
As part of a major new healthcare agreement, the hospital is specifically dedicated to treating patients on long public waiting lists in Ireland. Patients will be treated under the EU Cross Border Directive, whereby the HSE covers the price of treatment up to the cost it would be in Ireland.
Hospital HCB Denia in Costa Blanca, Alicante has 64 beds and it offers Irish food and other familiar comforts. Up to 1,500 Irish patients can get surgeries each year at the facility. Almost every treatment available on the Irish public system will be provided at the new hospital.
