Clinics help bring marginalised into main health care

Hundreds of marginalised people, many living rough, are being brought into mainstream health care through two new clinics run by a Limerick doctor, one of which is held in a soup kitchen.

Patrick O’Donnell runs his clinics two afternoons each week, one at St Vincent de Paul’s Ozanam House in Harstonge St, and the other at an Ana Liffey centre in Ballysimon.

Dr O’Donnell shares his experience with medical students at the University of Limerick, where he lectures on social inclusion issues, with the students also working with him at the clinics.