It is quite incredible to read that sentence back, that the government of a developed country like Ireland kept dossiers on children with autism. It reads like something you would have expected to hear coming out of East Germany. RTÉ Investigates reported that the ‘secret dossiers’ were for use in legal cases. Shane Corr is […]
In northern latitudes the sound of spring begins with the booming of snow-covered ice cracking in frozen rivers. Is something like that happening in Belgium? Officials in the Belgian city of Leuven are investigating about ten euthanasia cases which may not have been done legally. The public prosecutor was tipped off by an anonymous letter to […]
In March of 2019, a couple attending the National Maternity Hospital were told by doctors that their baby had a condition which meant he would not live after birth. The couple say they were then led towards having an abortion and told not to wait for the results of a second test to confirm the baby […]
A paper examining the practice of late-term abortion and feticide in Irish maternity hospitals paints a deeply disturbing picture of the brutal reality of Ireland’s abortion regime. Three medical professionals from various departments of University College Cork sought to look at the experience of 10 Fetal Medicine Specialists who provided abortion in Ireland in cases where […]
A group of doctors and scientists are calling for an end to the Covid-19 lockdown with one spokesman saying that NPHET should be disbanded. They say that “lockdowns are harmful to society and do not work to contain pandemics.” Almost 170 experts have signed a white paper from the group called ‘COVID-19: A Rational Approach’, […]
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The Medical Independent is reporting today on a survey which has found that more than half of non-EU doctors would not recommend to colleagues to work for the HSE: “The survey, which was conducted by the recently-established group ‘Train Us for Ireland’, found that 53.5 per cent of respondents would not make such a recommendation. […]
A group of nurses and midwives have written to the Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, to sharply criticise efforts by some TDs to use the coronavirus crisis to further liberalise Ireland’s abortion laws. They say the push was made even as medical professionals are fighting a crisis “some say has not been seen since World War II”. Last […]
Twenty years ago, the Catholic bioethicists of Australia came together to write the first ever Code of Ethical Standards for Catholic Health and Aged Care Services in Australia. Two years of robust discussion, informed by wide consultation, followed by even more robust discussion resulted in a set of guidelines which have stood the test of time. […]
There aren’t enough superlatives in the world to express our gratitude for the courage of healthcare professionals who are putting their lives on the line to save others during the Covid-19 pandemic. Doctors are coming out of retirement to work on the frontlines, and nurses and other medics are coming home to fight the good […]
The Irish Independent has reported that as many as 65 young Irish medical doctors working in Perth, Australia, have now quit their jobs to return to Ireland and help with the covid-19 crisis. Notably, the Independent spoke to 27-year-old Dublin-born Dr. Zoe Lynch, who claimed that her group was eager to return and help alleviate […]
Vulnerable and elderly people must not be discriminated against in this crisis. #gript