Focus on Covid-19 has displaced traditional work of doctors, says GP

Dr Tom O'Dowd said his practice was consistently busier than this time last year.

The vice president of the Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP), Dr Tom O’Dowd has said that the focus on Covid-19 has displaced the traditional work of GPs and diseases such as diabetes are very close to “going out of control.” 

This was the knock on effect of Covid-19, he told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland.