Editorial
During the Covid-19 pandemic, much focus has been on the new. To control the spread of the virus, social distancing…
Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic and the remarkable breakthroughs seen in vaccinology, another virus was the centrepiece of recent medical…
In the previous issue of the Medical Independent, columnist Dr Michael Conroy wrote about the significant personal and professional disruption…
To say the reaction to the draft Sláintecare consultant contract has not been positive is to put it mildly. Doctors…
The impact of the recent cyberattack on the HSE has highlighted the health service’s increasing dependence on technology. The ransomware…
Acrippling cyberattack on the health service in the middle of a global pandemic is a nightmare scenario within a nightmare…
The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly came in for some criticism recently when it was revealed that he asked Department…
Vaccines have dominated the news agenda recently for obvious reasons. But it can be easy to forget that Covid-19 is…
The IMO’s annual general meeting (AGM), held on 17 April, was unlike any other in the Organisation’s history. Instead of…
Recently, on RTÉ radio’s Liveline, Co Limerick GP Dr Kieran Murphy said he would not be participating in the next…
HIQA’s recent international review of different ‘lockdown’ strategies contains an important caveat at the end.“Public health measures adopted by countries…
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