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EPISODE · Jan 30, 2026 · 13 MIN

572 - Lithuanian Surgeon tells the Other Side of People Escaping NHS Waiting Lists

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Rory McGowan talks to Dr. Aurimas Širka, an Orthopaedic Surgeon from Lithuania who's operated on British citizens, about what his surgery has seen in the last few years, in regards to people who have gone abroad to procedures that they would've had to wait years for on the NHS. Both of them talk about what the most popular procedures are, how to vet any abroad surgery and the consequences of being stuck with a bad hip or knee over the long term.

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