“Let doctors do their job”, Dr Siobhán Donohue appeals
Dr Siobhán Donohue speaks to Rachel Cunningham about travelling to the UK to terminate her pregnancy in 2011. The 45-year-old GP and mother of three is one of the directors of the group Termination for Medical Reasons, Treasurer of the support group Leanbh Mo Chroí…
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Coming up roses: An interview with Dr Jennifer Byrne
Newly crowned junior doctor Jennifer Byrne discusses juggling her tiara and her stethoscope in the coming year.The first Offaly Rose to win the title of the Rose of Tralee chats with Rachel Cunningham about busy schedules, staying to work in Ireland in a climate of…
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Mullingar’s primary care centre: an interview with Dr Antoinette Butler
Dr Antoinette Butler walks Dr David Walsh through the new €13 million Mullingar Medical Centre in county Westmeath. Mullingar’s new 5,000m2 primary care centre was the first healthcare property to have been opened by the Octopus Healthcare team. The project was…
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Risking reputation: doctors and the GMC
Dr Christoph Lees, MD MRCOG, is Reader in Obstetrics and Fetal Medicine at Imperial College London; Honorary Consultant in Obstetrics and Head of Fetal Medicine at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Centre for Fetal Care, Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital;…
read moreNew research programme focuses on improved survival rates among children and teens affected by cancer of the blood
Approximately 40 per cent of cancers in children and teenagers up to the age of 16 are of the haematological variety. A new research programme, launched yesterday (Thurs 5th April) aims to asses how normal gene regulation is subverted in acute leukaemia, with the…
Treating a patient who has experienced sexual assault
In light of recent media coverage of the Belfast rape trial, IMN reached out to the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC) and to Dr Maeve Eogan, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Rotunda Hospital, asking for insight for doctors who might find themselves treating a…
Irish-based researcher makes new discovery in fight against breast cancer
Doctors may be able to spare cancer patients diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer from the harsh effects of chemotherapy in a few short years. Researchers from the Irish Cancer Society cancer research centre ‘BREAST-PREDICT’ have developed a tool which may…
‘Healthcare manpower crisis to continue while pay cuts remain unaddressed’, new IMO President warns
The new President of the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO), Dr. Peadar Gilligan, has highlighted that until the 30 per cent pay cut to consultants is fully addressed, Ireland will continue to face challenges in recruiting the almost 500 currently unfilled consultant…
HPV vaccine uptake 11 per cent higher than last year
The preliminary figures of the HPV vaccine uptake rate is 11 per cent higher than last year, according to the HSE National Immunisation office. The end of March saw the HSE launching the next phase of the HPV Vaccine Information Campaign, with the aim of supporting…
UCD Perinatal Research Centre launched at National Maternity Hospital
University College Dublin (UCD) have launched the UCD Perinatal Research Centre based at the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, Dublin, which aims to coordinate national and international collaborative research in maternal and fetal health within the UCD…
MSunderstood Café offers a taste of life with multiple sclerosis
In an effort to highlight the urgent need for improved access to medicine and treatment for the management of multiple sclerosis (MS), an experimental pop-up MSunderstood Café was opened last week on Exchequer Street, Dublin 2, to give customers a small taste of the…