Three hundred cataract operations were carried out in July compared to 130 during the same month last year, Labour Party MP Etienne Grech said.

The number of people on the waiting list stood at 2,780 by mid-September, compared to 3,308 in March 2013.

“At this rate, the waiting time will slowly become about three months compared to the previous three or four years,” Dr Grech said.

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