Dear Editor, It is with some sadness that I comment on two recent letters in Irish Medical Times regarding the tragic situation in Bahrain (IMT, January 13, 2012, http://bit.ly/wKawzG). I believe your readership deserves to know a little more about the authors of same.
Dear Editor, I am writing to highlight the amount of medical card patients lost to my panel since November last year. At least 50 patients have been removed as a result of their medical cards not being renewed.
Open Letter to Minister Róisín Shortall, Minister of State, Department of Health A Aire, There is €120 charge for a private patient presenting to an emergency department (ED) without a GP letter; a medical card patient is seen at no charge.
Dear Editor, In my letter previous to Irish Medical Times (December 2, 2011, http://bit.ly/suuWMa), I said that the effect of the ‘money follows the patient’ initiative leading to a more intensive use of hospital beds would result in cost increases. This is because, by implication, additional resources — especially human resources — would be required [...]
Dear Editor, In response to Ambassador Dr Omar Al-Hassan’s letter to you (IMT, January 13, 2012, http://bit.ly/wKawzG) criticising my analysis of events in Bahrain in The Irish Times (November 29, 2011) and in your newspaper (December 9, http://bit.ly/rqXZec), I am heartened to learn that the King who “courageously” ordered the establishment of the Bahrain Independent [...]
Dear Editor, I can still see the anguish on the face of my 79-year-old mother after she opened the post from the Revenue the other week. The letter was not addressed to her but to my father; he was buried 10 days previous, having died suddenly during Christmas week. All his tax affairs were in [...]
Dear Editor, When I lectured undergraduates on skin physiology I occasionally scrutinised the class and wondered did they resemble myself and contemporaries, with occasional outbursts of sociopathy. I also pondered if today’s teachers had the same number of ‘characters’.
Dear Editor, Prof Colin Bradley is, of course, correct to highlight the problem of high levels of benzodiazepines use in Ireland (‘Tackling benzodiazepine abuse largely in GPs’ hands’, IMT, December 16, 2011, http://bit.ly/xhdVdj). Continuing efforts to educate GPs around the issue are commendable.
Dear Editor, I would like to comment on a recent article by Lloyd Mudiwa on the interesting study conducted by Kenosi et al (‘Fathers are under-used breastfeeding advocates’, IMT, December 16, 2011, http://bit.ly/u9UU6r).
Dear Editor, As a clinician working in a community mental health team and trying to minimise the use of benzodiazepines and ‘Z’ drugs, I agree with Dr Garrett McGovern’s web comment on Prof Colin Bradley’s recent letter (‘Tackling benzodiazepine abuse largely in GPs’ hands’, see http://bit.ly/xhdVdj) that it is not possible to stop benzo prescription [...]
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