Dear Editor, Dr Conor McGrane (Web Comment on letters page, Irish Medical Times, May 20, 2011) is incorrect when he states, “there were 14 years where the President was appointed by the government of the day, rather than elected by the people”. In 1976 my father, Dr Paddy Hillery, was nominated by the opposition Fianna [...]
Dara Gantly on keeping the floodwaters away from our plans for universal primary care.
Dr Ruairi Hanley believes the rates of children born outside marriage and those leaving school before sitting the Leaving Cert are linked, and that the problem needs to be addressed.
Dear Editor, Dr Ruairi Hanley’s recent article on the Royal wedding and visit is surely not his defining literary moment (‘Royally hacked off’, Irish Medical Times, May 13, 2011, http://bit.ly/lT5PpE).
Dear Editor, Recent events in the Kingdom of Bahrain have evidenced violations of the Geneva Conventions, with the arrest of doctors and nursing staff treating persons injured during civil unrest in that country.
With the decades of ‘e’, ‘i’ and ‘u’ already behind us, Dr Mick Molloy wonders which vowel will be chosen to sum up the next great leap forward in technology.
Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent Fitness to Practise Panel hearing of the GMC, which considered the case of a consultant anaesthetist convicted of stealing drugs from his hospital.
John Savage of Beauchamps Solicitors looks at how doctors in the US are being charged with fraud as part of the latest crackdown by the authorities.
Dear Editor, I note Dr Ruairi Hanley’s criticism of his fellow doctors again (‘The return of the compo culture’, Irish Medical Times, May 6, 2011, http://bit.ly/iPYoiD). He fails to mention that if a report is made obviously adverse to a patient’s case, there often follows a one-sided interrogation from the patient in the middle of [...]
Dear Editor, I was fascinated to see that the Irish Medical Council believes Canada has an established professional competence scheme that is acceptable for Medical Council purposes (‘Special deal for overseas PC’, Irish Medical Times, May 13, 2011, http://bit.ly/kkbqBK). I came across a similar statement from the General Medical Council in the UK several years [...]
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