When I was a medical student, wearing a white coat meant that you were on the way to becoming a ‘real’ doctor (along with a stethoscope stuffed in the pocket of that coat — the more elegant fashion of wearing it around the neck came much later). So because the white coat meant so much [...]
Dear Editor, The ‘Circle of Life’ 10K Christmas Fun Run will be held in Marley Park, at 10am on Sunday 16 December. Barnardos and Friends of the Elderly have got together to hold the Fun Run and encourage companies to sign up for the event. We believe that the time is right to offer an [...]
Terence Cosgrave says the recent Dr James Reilly/Dermot Ahern TV debate ponitedly shows the necessity of being well-informed and factual, because only then can constructive talks happen Watching the debate on The Week in Politics between Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern and and Dr James Reilly last week was a somewhat surreal experience. By [...]
Dear Editor, The decision by University College Hospital Galway to discontinue the examination of smear tests submitted by doctors in the south east region of the country is a shocking development and one of the worst instances of the impact of the HSE embargo on the recruitment and replacement of staff. At a time when [...]
Dear Editor, The Health Service Consultative Forum was established under the Health Act 2004 and comprises of Councillors from Cork, Kerry, Tipperary, Waterford, Carlow and Kilkenny– thirty-nine in total. At a meeting of the Forum (HSE South) on Thursday, 8 November, when asked to provide a list of impacts of the cost over-runs, HSE management [...]
Terence Cosgrave says that Prof Drumm should take two of the finer qualities of the doctor-patient relationship– transparency and accountability– and apply those to the HSE One could almost have sympathy for Prof Brendan Drumm as he defended his position regarding cancer services on the radio last weekend. He seems like a reasonable man and [...]
Dear Editor, I remember attending an IMO meeting in Limerick a number of years ago when the late, great Dr Cormac McNamara– asked for a show of hands from doctors who were still suturing in their practices. The majority of hands raised belonged to culchie GPs like myself. The divide between rural and urban was [...]
A Chara, We, the members of the IPNA, have learnt with dismay of the proposed transfer of symptomatic breast services from Mayo General Hospital to University College Hospital Galway (UCHG) which is to be 90 per cent completed by the end of 2009. Government policy with regard to the delivery of cancer services was issued [...]
The sudden death of Dr Michael Twomey (70) at his home in Cumbria on 21 September is a loss to the mental health services, as well as to his family. Michael was born in Kent– fourth in a family of six boys and two girls– where his father Dr Timothy Twomey was a GP. They [...]
Dear Editor, For most Irish doctors and nurses, the daily battle to save lives doesn’t begin until they reach their workplace. In the southern Iraqi city of Basra however– about 600km south of the capital Baghdad– it’s a battle just to get to work safely through the dusty, rubbish-strewn and war-torn streets without being kidnapped [...]
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