G.P. Practice: Foreshadowing Dystopia?
When the Irish government via the HSE (Health Services Executive) introduced a Chronic Disease Management…
Author Billy Ralph
Billy Ralph
Dr Billy Ralph is a General Practitioner, based at The Ballagh Health Centre, Enniscorthy, County Wexford. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin and now has two daughters studying there. He has been married to Paula for twenty-six years who married him an hour before graduation as she didn't want to marry a dooctor. He's a champagne socialist and proud of it.
Psychedelic Eucharist
In October 2018, I wrote an article for the Irish Medical Times entitled: ‘Acid Test-are…
Covid-19 Absurdities
Foremost among Utopian absurdities, we had the false promise of ZeroCovid. This continues to inflict…
Is General Practice a Victim of Pandemic?
I loved working for the NHS (National Health Service), especially as it was configured in…
Could Ivermectin End the Pandemic?
The bacterium streptomyces avermitilis was discovered by Satoshi Omura at the Kitasato Institute in Japan…
Covid-19: Unanswered Questions
Confusion and fear are to be expected in novel situations where experience is limited; this…
Covid-19: Questioning the Three Mantras
The three mantra for this pandemic in Ireland are: wash your hands; socially distance; and…
The Bonds that Hold Society Together
I am a father, a husband, a son, a friend, a doctor, an athlete, a…