Unique voluntary care in the community in West Africa

While Sierra Leone can be a difficult as well as rewarding place to work, former Tallaght Hospital doctor and VSO volunteer Dr Niall Conroy says the experience was a personal catalyst for change in his new pursuit of a career in global health. Sierra Leone is a beautiful country. Its people are friendly beyond expectation and its culture diverse and vibrant. It is also a fragile state. A state that displays the scars of war and brutality as much on the psyche of its people as on its infrastructure. It is a bad place to be sick or very young.…