Working hours crisis costs junior doctors

Ireland risks losing some of its best young doctors unless the junior doctors working hours crisis is resolved.

That was the warning from leading medical academics at one of the country’s most advanced medical schools, which yesterday hosted an open day for teenagers.

Almost 100 transition year students and their teachers from all over Munster attended UCC’s School of Medicine’s Prep-for-Med, which aims to encourage them to consider pursuing a career in medicine.