Abandoning a dying child is inconceivable to Irish parents. This is just one harrowing experience of Dr Hussein Sheikh Qassim in Somalia. “As a Somali myself, I can say that if MSF was not here, we would be like a…
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John O’Shea on overseas recruitment of doctors
[Letter to Indo >>>] “By bringing doctors from India and Pakistan to Ireland, we are depriving them of life-saving medical interventions. Such a recruitment policy by the HSE is morally bankrupt. Whatever the situation in Ireland, it cannot possibly be…
Malaria danger faces returning emigrants
Dr Paul McKeown, specialist in public health medicine at the HPSC, says the two key messages for immigrant and Irish travellers are to take preventative medication as prescribed; and implement steps to prevent mosquito exposure, such as using insect repellent…
‘Beneficial bacteria’ could be used to help fight disease
RESEARCHERS in Cork are investigating the possibility of using beneficial bacteria to fight infectious disease which continues to claim the lives of almost 10 million children in the developing world every year. While many in the developed world believe the…
Dr John Morris is a GP from Galway working in Chad
So it’s a medical life, but not as I knew it. The security measures can seem both protective and oppressive in equal measure. However, I would not feel comfortable working in a place such as this without those security measures…
Five million lives saved
The Gavi Alliance (Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation) has been increasing access to immunisation in the world’s poorest countries for the past decade and has saved the lives of more than five million children, according to the World Health…
Doctor behaved disgracefully, council told
A KENYAN doctor behaved “disgracefully and dishonourably” in not fulfilling the terms of a prestigious scholarship worth €250,000, a medical council hearing was told. Dr Irene Mwangi’s failure to take up a five-year posting at the Mater hospital in Nairobi…
