'We have to rely on a doctor in Dubai' — Kerry father calls for dismantling of Camhs

The father of a boy who is a client of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (Camhs) says most Kerry children "just get a Zoom call" from a doctor who flies in from Dubai once a month.

"How can a doctor properly treat a patient over Zoom? We refused to see the doctor over Zoom," said Maurice O’Connell a member of the Kerry Camhs Family Support Group. File Picture: PA

A child in Kerry with severe mental health problems was offered treatment via Zoom to a psychiatrist in Dubai because of huge gaps in the local services. 

The boy's father, Maurice O’Connell, said Ireland's Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (Camhs) must be completely dismantled and rebuilt to prevent children from “falling through the cracks”.