I think of all the blogs Irish Medical Times journalists have written since the launch of Viscera, this would be the one most tenuously linked to health. However, I firmly believe that this blog could be construed as some sort of psycho-analytical profiling exercise. I came across an article that described the demise of Xiang [...]
What do public health doctors actually do? You frequently hear this question as there is a lot of ignorance out there about what their role is in the health service. Indeed, there is probably a juicy contract to be had by some PR company that decides to educate public health doctors about how to get [...]
There’s good news for all you Police fans – or anyone who loves really bad music sung by really old men. They’re back together, and they’re coming to the Point in October. I can already see all the Mercs and Beemers parked on top of footpaths in Ringsend, the middle-aged rockers inside listening to a [...]
Cynicism and journalism go hand in hand unfortunately… kind of like altruism and the priesthood. Although you don’t actually have to be cynical to want to be a journalist, it’s more that you turn cynical over time, so maybe that’s a bad comparison. The fact is though, eventually, the cynicism just creeps in until you’re [...]
Breakfast roll man leaves his house in Portarlington or Cellbridge at 6.30 am every morning, grabs a bacon buttie roll in the 24 hour garage on the way to work and eats his lunch at his desk.
So, at least one bloodsport can be good for your health! Forget which party has won, or done well, in the Irish Republic’s general election. Look at the individual candidates’ performances. It’s great fun and is good for your short-term wellbeing by cheering you up no end, if certain candidates get hammered or your favourites [...]
Trolley counts in large hospitals’ accident and emergency departments are being artificially reduced by refusing to admit seriously ill patients from other hospitals, the former Irish Medical Organisation President, Dr Christine O’Malley, has said. Dr O’Malley, who is currently on annual leave, has applied for three months unpaid leave to consider her future in the [...]
I was in the middle of writing my blog entry today about why I hope things are about to change in this country when I stumbled upon this blog entry, which probably says it better than I was going to. Still, I’ll say a bit anyway. I think it must be an Irish thing, rewarding [...]
In an exclusive interview in this week’s Irish Medical Times Dr Christine O’Malley says that trolley counts in large hospitals’ accident and emergency departments are being artificially reduced by refusing to admit seriously ill patients from other hospitals. Dr O’Malley, a former Irish Medical Organisation president is currently on annual leave and has applied for [...]
In the ground breaking report of the National Advisory Committee on Palliative Care published in 2001, chairman Dr Tony O’Brien writes: “success… will be judged by the extent to which we all learn to recognise and respond to the complex and challenging needs of our palliative care patients and their families. Our patients and their [...]
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