We must help doctors in Bahrain immediately

AS your readers may be aware, a number of Irish-trained doctors practising in Bahrain have been recently imprisoned.

Their sole “crime” was to follow the Hippocratic Oath and treat those injured in anti-government protests. At the time of writing, their fate is uncertain and their lives may be in danger.

I therefore read with disbelief the reported response of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, who have refused to criticise the arrest of their graduates as they “do not comment on political situations or individual cases”.