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Working Life: Surgery can be very challenging but that’s part of the appeal of the job

Professor Martin O’Sullivan, consultant surgeon, Breastcheck/CUH/Bon Secours/UCC, brings us into a day in his Working Life
Working Life: Surgery can be very challenging but that’s part of the appeal of the job

Professor Martin O’Sullivan, Consultant Surgeon, BreastCheck/CUH/Bon Secours Hospital Cork/UCC. Picture: Larry Cummins

6am

I’m up at 6am and at work for 6.45am. I usually have an uninterrupted 45 minutes, which can be quite productive, catching up with emails, paperwork, signing reports, reviewing charts, preparing presentations etc. There’s a constant barrage of paperwork to sort.

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