Doctor was accused of ‘hypocrisy’ over alcohol

By Lloyd Mudiwa. A leading doctor has confessed to using alcohol in an unhealthy manner in the past and told his colleagues of how some of his friends accused him of hypocrisy when he spoke out against alcohol abuse. Addressing a scientific session at the recent IMO AGM in Killarney, Dr Bobby Smyth, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at the Drug Treatment Centre Board in Dublin, told his colleagues: “As doctors, we need to be more and more vocal on this; we understand the health consequences and at least we have a degree of credibility.” Dr Smyth added: “Friends regularly…