OpEd: Against the grain

Dr Geetha Kannapiran, an Australian GP currently working in Ireland, discusses what it takes to make the reverse trip from Down Under to the Irish health system   We have all read the articles, listened to the headlines and heard about all the apparent doom and gloom. The mass exodus of Irish GPs, practices pining for doctors and rural towns losing their vital healthcare services. So I guess I wasn’t surprised when, as an Australian GP, I made the move to Ireland only to be constantly asked by people, ‘Why? Why would you come here to work?’ I guess a…