Letters to the Editor: Suzanne Crowe spoke up for Ireland’s voiceless

Responding to an 'Irish Examiner' opinion piece by the Medical Council of Ireland president, the parent of a disabled teenager highlights the virtues of talking back and speaking up
Letters to the Editor: Suzanne Crowe spoke up for Ireland’s voiceless

Irish Medical Council president and consultant paediatric intensivist and anaesthesiologist Professor Suzanne Crowe recently contributed an opinion piece to the 'Irish Examiner'. See link below. Picture: Moya Nolan

Thu, 01 May, 2025 - 00:30

In response to the article about ‘talking back’ or ‘speaking up’ by Suzanne Crowe (Patients are failed by medical culture of ignoring those who speak up — Irish Examiner, April 23): I agree with her. 

There’s a culture in Ireland where speaking up is frowned upon. 

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