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GP crisis: Kerry towns at risk of having no local doctor 

Locals, doctors, and politicians united in calls for the dearth of general practitioners in Kerry to be addressed
GP crisis: Kerry towns at risk of having no local doctor 

Dr Atilla Adamik at the Waterville Medical Cetre Co Kerry. Picture: Domnick Walsh © Eye Focus Ltd

“It’s scandalous” is how one woman living in South Kerry sums up the shortage of GPs in the area as locals, doctors, and politicians unite in calls for the crisis to be addressed.

In a region spanning the towns of Waterville and Cahersiveen only three GPs remain where once there were six.

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