Venesection is a widely practised procedure, involving the removal of a unit of blood in order to treat haemochromatosis and polycythaemia. It is still well regarded due to a lack of better ...

Introduction During the COVID-19 pandemic, many elective services were discontinued, including day-case venesection for patients with haemochromatosis. As services resumed, prioritisation of patients ...

A LIFE-SAVING blood removal procedure used by over 200 haemochromatosis patients is being moved from Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital to Dundalk, the HSE has confirmed. A venesection procedure, which ...