Manchurian Monkeys
Acts of commission – such as an amputation of the wrong leg or a dose…
Author Billy Ralph
Billy Ralph, Marcus De Brun
Dr Billy Ralph is a family physician based at The Ballagh Health Centre, Enniscorthy, County Wexford.
The Birth of a Doctor
The title of this article may seem somewhat prosaic, but given that it really is…
Covid-19 Vaccines: Informed Consent?
What if I told you that I had a new product – never before used…
G.P. Practice: Foreshadowing Dystopia?
When the Irish government via the HSE (Health Services Executive) introduced a Chronic Disease Management…
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…