Waterville finally gets new doctor after public petition

A South Kerry coastal village without a full-time GP for more than a year is to have a permanent posting. Waterville has had a number of locums after husband and wife team Derry Gibson and Patricia Gibson retired in January 2017, after decades of service to the community.

The HSE has appointed Hernan Ganzo who had been practising locally as a locum. A Hungarian national working in Ireland for 11 years, he will be joined in the practice by his wife who is a nurse.

A public petition of over 1,000 signatures initiated last August by a German-French couple living in the Iveragh Peninsula area, seeking a full-time doctor, was supported by the retired GPs.