Christmas on the wards, and Taylor Swift in the operating theatre: Meet the UCC-educated neurosurgeon 

Temple Street neurosurgeon Dr Tafadzwa Mandiwanza on e-scooter injuries, life in paediatric surgery, and gender inequality in medicine

Dr Tafadzwa Mandiwanza, consultant neurosurgeon at Temple Street Children's University Hospital, Dublin. Picture: Moya Nolan

Doctors who work with children often post on social media the one thing they would ask parents to avoid for their kids.

“Please don’t buy e-scooters for your children under the age of 16, seriously,” was the instant answer from neurosurgeon Tafadzwa Mandiwanza in CHI at Temple Street hospital.