A Defence Forces doctor has warned that chronic under resourcing of military medicine could cause wrongful diagnoses of military injuries.
A DEFENCE FORCES doctor has warned that chronic under resourcing of military medicine could cause wrongful diagnoses of military injuries.
He said that the soldier, like others at the scene, came under attack from a roadside bomb and machine gun fire on patrol in recent years on international service. A number of soldiers were injured and also suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. Kelly said that there are 24 medical officers in the Permanent Defence Forces and 13 contracted civilian posts which are filled by 13 doctors. Known as Medical Officers or MOs.
“Our colleagues and ourselves have medical problems framed within a unique social and cultural dimension – that being the military,” he added. He said that the Department of Defence has refused to hire new nurses for the Defence Forces – and said that the outsourcing of nursing care will not help the situation.army nurses left.
The military doctor explained that due to the physical nature of soldiering that there was a serious need for this speciality. He also asked delegates to back his proposal to immediately commence recruitment of permanent fulltime uniformed nurses and for a call for the Government to accept the recommendations in the commission report for HIQA to carry out inspections.
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