New doctors 'feel supported', but GP infrastructure 'lags behind' housing expansion

Many new doctors are working in Ireland under a plan by the Irish College of GPs to boost numbers, which are lacking in many expandng areas.

Dr Shaegheh Mohammadi, left, is from Iran and now working mainly in Nenagh. Dr Aida Suhadi is from Malaysia and is now working in Tralee. Picture: David Coleman

A GP from Iran now working in Nenagh said she feels “very supported” by patients who check in on her as the war continues.

She is just one of many new doctors working in Ireland under a plan by the Irish College of GPs (ICGP) to boost numbers.