A personal dimension of doctors’ lives come under the microscope

With the festive season upon us, Catherine Shanahan asks Health Minister Leo Varadkar and a mix of doctors questions the general public don’t normally get to ask.

They throw up some interesting answers. Medical drama ‘House’ has the slight edge when it comes to the TV doctors real doctors like to watch, while ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ doesn’t get so much as a mention. Asked what career they would have liked had they not chosen medicine, the answers are as diverse as the collection of specialties (sic) this cohort of doctors represent.And if they were Minister for Health? Only one respondent to this pop quiz can tell it like it really is...

LEO VARADKAR