Sweeping problem under the carpet

Dear Editor, Dr Muiris Houston, writing in Irish Medical Times on October 17 last, draws attention to the implications of the recent close vote against a proper enquiry into the IMO CEO scandal and concludes that the fallout is far from over (‘No vote has implications far beyond the IMO’, see here). He speaks for a huge number of doctors who share his disquiet at the scandal of the huge pay-out, the perceived side-lining of constructive critics within and outside the organisation, the methods used after a valid EGM motion had been passed and the tone and content of the…