2022-05-29 02:04:06
"Not enough doctors to cope with influx of Ukrainian refugees, GP says"
The Irish Times decided to edit that part out of their article but the twitter embed had already caught it. Ukraine is no longer mentioned in the report at all. The Examiner reported on it though.
>"The biggest challenge is recruiting GPs to do this work,” she said.
Some doctors are working 36 hour shifts and 70 hour weeks.
Meanwhile in Australia, official figures show a total of 531 Irish doctors were resident during the period December 31st, 2021 to March 31st, 2022.
One tweet I saw last week: A mother said 13-year-old daughter has been suffering from nose bleeds and dizziness.
She received a letter from Tullamore hospital putting her on the waiting list for an appointment in 249 weeks time (4.7 years). She will be 18.
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