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Suzanne Crowe: We need greater ownership on dog fouling and a canine poo DNA database could be just the impetus “Dear Dog Owner, when I accidentally step into the poo you have failed to clean up on the pavement, I bring it back to my home, where my son plays Lego down on the floor. Please pick up your dog’s mes...

Dog fouling and speeding in residential areas are barometers of social and community health

We need to pay much more attention to social health 🫶🏼
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Suzanne Crowe: How an SAD lamp helps me beat the winter blues while we wait for that ‘grand stretch’ There is cruelty to the dark mornings and afternoons of mid-winter. For some reason, the lack of light at this time of year bothers me more as I get older.

I’m such a sleep nerd I have a light meter to dial down the lux before bedtime 🥱
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The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."

Beginner’s pluck: Consultant in paediatrics Suzanne Crowe This wonderful memoir charts Suzanne’s path to medicine — her training, her doubts, and her highlights with numerous poignant stories of the children in her care

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I’m delighted with the generous review of
Intensive Care in @irishexaminer

Huge thanks ♥️ to
@Suejleonard

#PedsICU

Suzanne Crowe: Extra charges for pharmacy blister packs will hit the most vulnerable in our communities My grandmother kept a heavy, mahogany armoire in the back sitting room. Inside this impressive cupboard was an enormous collection of medications.

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Suzanne Crowe: Men’s heart health is about more than drinking less or a Christmas gym gift My husband, who had a demanding job in finance, had heart issues for several years before he died in his 50s. On medical advice, he was doing everything he could to improve his health. He had lost wei...

‘The hearts and minds of men benefit from recognition of their value, a sense of purpose, hope, human company, love and care’
#Movember
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Suzanne Crowe: Every county needs a palliative care hub to provide dignified comfort to people at the end of their lives November brings reflection on loved ones now gone. Reading some death notices recently, I noticed how often adjectives such as “peacefully” are used to describe a person’s passing.

A peaceful death does not mean removing respect for a person and their autonomy
It means tackling inequities in palliative care provision, carer support, respite facilities and hospice care

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🏆last day to vote in #AnPostBookAwards

If you have 2 mins to go online, I’d be grateful for your support for
‘Intensive Care’
in Listener’s Choice ♥️

@cmgleeson in Best Newcomer

TIA🌟

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Nominated for An Post Irish Book Awards 🎉

Listener’s Choice Category ♥️

This means so much for the wonderful world of #PedsICU patients, families & colleagues

Vote early and often!
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Suzanne Crowe: Disappointing budget shows industry is being prioritised over living with dignity and care The budget was universally disappointing for caregivers. From the young to the very old, and for those engaged in meeting the needs of everyone in between, there was little to applaud.

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Let’s GO!

Day 1 and ‘Intensive Care’ is in bookstores

#booksky

Suzanne Crowe: Doctors, just like everybody else, must be held to account for their decisions One of the first times I felt the sting of accountability was when I sent a patient out of the ICU at night. We needed an ICU bed urgently for someone else. Earlier that evening, we had identified whi...

Being answerable is a good thing

All public servants must be accountable,
especially in healthcare

#accountability

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Suzanne Crowe: Doctors, just like everybody else, must be held to account for their decisions

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Kathy Sheridan: Refusing to see the links between domestic violence and wider eruptions in society amount to reckless denial Abuse in the home is a red flag for what happens in the public space

Refusing to see the links between domestic violence and wider society amount to reckless denial

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Dr Morgan McMonagle: As a surgeon in Ireland, I had never seen “wounded child, no surviving family” on a hospital chart A former colleague in Gaza is getting his children to lick salt before bed to stave off the hunger pangs. Even last spring, children were eating weeds and grass

An Irish surgeon in Gaza: I have seen tiny bodies ripped apart, children eating grass

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Child poverty: One-parent families are acting as shock absorbers for failed policies

As patients and staff we exist in a state of hopeless hopefulness

Suzanne Crowe: Level of churn at the top of the HSE is unsettling for all

The Guardian view on the children of Gaza: when 17,000 die, it’s more than a mistake | Editorial Editorial: Israel’s military blamed the deaths of six Palestinian children on Sunday on a technical error. But a staggering toll continues to mount

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My magnificent daughter didn’t hesitate to speak about their experience to raise awareness of how an ally can help

#ProudToBeAnAlly

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'The more people are vaccinated against diphtheria the easier it is to stop outbreaks and to prevent future ones.'

Report on the first #outbreak of respiratory #diphtheria caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae with local transmission in Germany in 40 years

#EpiSky #IDSky #MedSky #PublicHealth 🦠🧪

I’m a bit late to this but what a wonderful book!

Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon

#BookSky

#PedsICU is the most special & privileged work there is ♥️

My life is woven with the stories of children & families I have cared deeply about in ‘Intensive Care’

Our shared humanity

published Aug 28 by a super team @HachetteIre & @ConorNagle

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What’s missing from the perfect child-friendly summer? Generous public spaces | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett Having a child makes you see cities differently. We deserve better than shuttered playgrounds and locked paddling pools, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

True for cities in Ireland too

Very few public safe spaces for children to play and young people hang out

Phoenix Park is Dublin’s best offering
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Calculating the Damage of Vaccine Skepticism It’s clear that we’re on the precipice of a surge in preventable diseases. But how bad will it get?

This!

“The U.S. may be doing more than simply failing to aid global vaccination efforts. The domestic stoking of anti-vaccine sentiment is itself infectious”

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Iconic! And like the best rock bands, he’s a hard act to follow

I’ve just bought The Body for my 12 yo son - I’m kinda jealous he gets to start a whole reading journey in the company of the King 👑

"The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot."

— Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot

The complexity of chaperoning   - Medical Independent The use of chaperones for intimate examinations can present ethical and practical dilemmas. I can recall standing in an outpatient...

Recently i was chatting with my two young adult daughters about seeing a doctor - they had no idea they could ask for a chaperone to be present for an intimate examination

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Dr Suzanne Crowe: FemTech can fight medical misogyny — but not if it’s going to be used to monitor us FemTech is here to stay. We must ensure the hand guiding its use is an ethical one, writes Dr Suzanne Crowe, President of the Medical Council

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