Medical Council president warns over standard of doctors’ training

THE president of the Medical Council has warned that Ireland may become known for the quantity of its medical schools, rather than the standard of its doctors.

Addressing a forum on medical education at the University of Limerick, Dr John Hillery warned against turf wars among existing and new medical colleges.

He said Irish medicine is at a crossroads and has to choose the right people to be doctors amid total reform of the health service.