The sorry state of neurology in Ireland: one year on
"Governments past kept on living with their own kind of neurological illness, i.e. selective memory loss when these services so clearly demanded upgrades."
But nudging isn’t enough
“I spend half my time comforting the afflicted, and the other half afflicting the comfortable.” (Wess Stafford) “If you’re afraid to defend your convictions because you might get your ass kicked for it, you’re not really fit to advocate for them.” (James Carlos Blake) “But nudging isn’t enough.” (Jacqueline Novogratz) “Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world…would do this, it would change the earth.” (William Faulkner)
The sorry state of neurology in Ireland
On Tuesday evening, I received a late invite to join a lobby group of the NAI (Neurological Alliance of Ireland) and the Irish MS Society to protest in- and outside Leinster House, the seat of the Irish government. I was quite happy to do so, because, after being an MS Society spokesperson last year relating to new MS medication being denied to Irish patients, I more than wanted to put my shoulders under a new campaign to highlight the state of neurological services in Ireland.