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I am Happy Here – A Lifetime in General Practice Blog by Dr Margaret O’Riordan
To a stranger, she was a small frail elderly woman sitting on a chair in a nursing home. To me, she was a woman I had known for many years – fiercely independent, living life to the full and a very infrequent attender at the surgery. She was a member of the “I didn’t...
Touch – A Lifetime in General Practice Blog by Dr Margaret O’Riordan
PPE is essential in our fight against the virus protecting both patient and doctor but it also erects a physical barrier between us. We are trained to be patient centred practitioners, maintaining an open mind and being aware of our body language – striving not to create virtual or physical barriers between us.
Sad Eyes – A Lifetime in General Practice Blog by Dr Margaret O’Riordan
“This is awful” she said looking at me with sad eyes. “Yes, it is” I replied. “I mean its awful for both of us – you and me” she said. “Yes, for both of us” I replied. I have had this conversation on more than one occasion since the advent of COVID-19 and the need for...
Lifetime in General Practice – Blog by Dr Margaret O’Riordan
Dr Margaret O’Riordan, President of the ICGP, will be publishing a blog to ICGP News. This blog reflects on a lifetime in general practice, lessons learned from patients, the importance of general practice and the doctor-patient relationship. Dr O’Riordan’s first blog...
Masks superior to visors, says Dr Nuala O’Connor
https://www.rte.ie/radio/radioplayer/html5/#/radio1/21816803 Masks are better than visors, and if you cannot wear a mask you should not be using public transport, says Dr Nuala O'Connor, COVID lead for the ICGP speaking on RTÉ Radio One News at One. Face...
“Covid-19 has not gone away,” says Dr. Nuala O’Connor
Dr Nuala O’Connor, COVID Clinical Lead of the ICGP, has said that anyone who has to stop work because of the virus will still be paid, when appearing on Morning Ireland this morning. She said that asymptomatic cases were of particular concern, and that Day Zero and...
People continuing to present late with COVID symptoms, says Dr. Mary Favier on Drivetime
There has been a slow rise in the number of cases over the last number of weeks, but there has been an uptick in the last number of days, according to Mary Favier, Director of the ICGP. She told RTE Drivetime that people are continuing to present very late with...
Easter 2020: Lessons in a Pandemic – Dr John Allman
‘All changed, changed utterly: A terribly beauty is born.’ WB Yeats In mid-February we felt a comfortable indifference to the impending crisis posed by COVID-19. This ‘Chinese’ virus, as President Trump inappropriately labels it, seemed to be a problem limited mainly...
TEN THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HEPATITIS C
A major conference in Dublin this weekend (Saturday 29th February) will hear that community and GP services are vital in the elimination of the Hepatitis C Virus infection which affects up to 30,000 people living in Ireland. Hepatitis C expert and GP, Dr Des Crowley,...
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