Irish College of General Practitioners

Is General Practice a Victim of Pandemic?

November 9, 2021 Billy Ralph

I loved working for the NHS (National Health Service), especially as it was configured in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Bradford was a health action zone, and probably still is due to its high level of social deprivation. This meant it got more funding for health and social initiatives. Darndale, Dublin or Moyross, Limerick would be areas … Read more

Could Ivermectin End the Pandemic?

July 2, 2021July 2, 2021 Billy Ralph

The bacterium streptomyces avermitilis was discovered by Satoshi Omura at the Kitasato Institute in Japan in conjunction with William C. Campbell at MSD (Merck, Sharpe and Dome) in the early 1970s. From this compound the medicine Ivermectin was developed. Ever since, it has proved a wonder drug for the treatment of parasites in humans and … Read more