COVID-19 RESPONSE
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Dr Gerard Meachery is working on the front line for the NHS and for the first time alongside his wife, fellow RCSI graduate, Dr Gráinne Gorman. “It’s 22 years since we met in Beaumont Hospital, and Gráinne and I are back in scrubs at Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, this time managing COVID-19 wards. It’s quite surreal!”
Lord Ara Darzi (Medicine 1984), UK Mr Samer Arnous (Medicine 2001), Ireland
Dr Gerard Meachery (Medicine 1993)
Consultant cardiologist Mr Samer Arnous teamed up with the University Hospital Limerick’s consultant anaesthetist and vascular surgeon, along with three engineers from the University of Limerick, to design personal protective equipment (PPE) for hospital staff. This included a shield to protect anaesthesiologists during patient intubation for ventilation and reduce the spread of COVID-19.
Dr Irene Nee (Medicine 2016), Sibu Hospital, Malaysia
Dr Yee Wen Tan (Medicine 2016) Bau Hospital , Malaysia
Dr Ghaleb Halaseh (Medicine 2017), Dr Simarjeet Brar (Medicine 2018) and Dr Shwanik Bhargava (Medicine 2017), USA
Shazia Samanani (Medicine 2015) Canada
Dr A David Barnes (Medicine 1965), USA
Dr Elisa Lazzari, University of Trieste, Italy. “I am sending you a picture of myself working during these hard times (in Italian, reads “Research does not stop”). I want to share it with you, a message of hope and commitment to the scientific community, now called upon to provide guidance to the general public and to work towards advancing our understanding of this disease and of the measures to fight it. All the best to RCSI Alumni and stay safe.”
Elisa Lazzari (Postgraduate Studies 2012), Italy
Dr Halaseh, Dr Brar and Dr Bhargava from the COVID-19 ICU team at Lahey Clinic in Boston: “We want to encourage alumni out there to stay safe and to continue their amazing work, taking care of extremely sick COVID-19 patients. They are all making an amazing sacrifice for the rest of the world.”
Els Vande Velde (Institute of Leadership 2018)
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