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Dr Damian McCormack & Dr Simon Mills on medics in Bahrain
[Letter to Times >>>] Sir, – A total of 20 doctors, nurses and paramedics have been sentenced in a military court in Bahrain for terms ranging from five to 15 years (World News, September...
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RCSI defends itself against Bahrain criticism
The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) has hit back at criticism of its response to the torture and trial of medical personnel in Bahrain, saying that it had ‘‘worked assiduously’’ to ensure a...
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Defending medics in Bahrain
[Letter to Times >] Sir, – In recent days the Bahraini regime has revealed its true nature once again. On Friday security forces assaulted Nabeel Rajab, president of the Bahrain Center for Human...
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Damien McCormack on defending medics in Bahrain
[Letter to the Irish Times >] Sir, – On June 14th, the Bahraini regime will issue verdicts on Irish- trained surgeons and will possibly return some or all of them to prison. They have already...
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Ruairi Hanley on detention of medics in Bahrain
Regrettably, as Prof Damien McCormack also points out, a number of Irish medical institutions have disgraced themselves in their reaction to these events. Truly, it beggars belief that representatives...
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Damian McCormack on RSCI and Bahrain
Dr Maurice Manning’s comment that there “has been a normalisation of relations” in that country suggests he did not meet any of those who suffered and continue to suffer under one of the most brutally...
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Professor Damian McCormack on Bahrain and RCSI
As an Irish surgeon I am ashamed to read yet another carefully worded denial by the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) of “ongoing” abuses in Bahrain. My colleague and friend Aki Alekri, who...
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