Alan Coss
@alancoss.bsky.social
MD FRCPI | Gastroenterology/Medicine | Music/Books/Art/Cultural Stuff | Galway/Ireland | Twitter: @AlanCoss (still there, for now!)
Palestinian doctors make up approximately a quarter of the physicians working in the Israeli healthcare system
Dr Lina Qasem-Hassan
🎬: Liane Aviram, Louis Hollis
Dr Lina Qasem-Hassan
🎬: Liane Aviram, Louis Hollis
The Oath: to be a Palestinian doctor in Israel’s healthcare system
Dr Lina Qasem-Hassan working in Israel's healthcare system grapples with her commitment to the medical oath as conflict rages
www.theguardian.com
August 10, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Palestinian doctors make up approximately a quarter of the physicians working in the Israeli healthcare system
Dr Lina Qasem-Hassan
🎬: Liane Aviram, Louis Hollis
Dr Lina Qasem-Hassan
🎬: Liane Aviram, Louis Hollis
Reposted by Alan Coss
In Galway. Have already overheard a passer-by say "it's not the unicycling that's difficult, it's the juggling with knives".
July 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
In Galway. Have already overheard a passer-by say "it's not the unicycling that's difficult, it's the juggling with knives".
"It will make people angry, whichever side they take, or if they take no side."
Channel 4 to show BBC-commissioned documentary Gaza: Doctors Under Attack
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...
Channel 4 to show BBC-commissioned documentary Gaza: Doctors Under Attack
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...
June 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
"It will make people angry, whichever side they take, or if they take no side."
Channel 4 to show BBC-commissioned documentary Gaza: Doctors Under Attack
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...
Channel 4 to show BBC-commissioned documentary Gaza: Doctors Under Attack
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...
Mike Ryan: What next for the ‘Indiana Jones of epidemiology’ as he leaves WHO?
Mike Ryan: What next for the ‘Indiana Jones of epidemiology’ as he leaves WHO?
Sligo man exits the crisis-hit World Health Organisation after decades of fighting deadly diseases in some of the most dangerous places
www.irishtimes.com
June 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Mike Ryan: What next for the ‘Indiana Jones of epidemiology’ as he leaves WHO?
"Compassion matters both at the level of individual care and at the level of organisations"
Prof Brendan Kelly @medindonews.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social
medicalindependent.ie/comment/opin...
Prof Brendan Kelly @medindonews.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social
medicalindependent.ie/comment/opin...
Compassionate leadership in healthcare - Medical Independent
What does compassionate leadership in healthcare look like? Clearly, healthcare professionals should seek to be compassionate as we...
medicalindependent.ie
June 21, 2025 at 9:31 AM
"Compassion matters both at the level of individual care and at the level of organisations"
Prof Brendan Kelly @medindonews.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social
medicalindependent.ie/comment/opin...
Prof Brendan Kelly @medindonews.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social
medicalindependent.ie/comment/opin...
The onerous cost of Crohn’s disease: ‘It becomes a choice between paying for a utility bill or medication’
www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...
www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...
The onerous cost of Crohn’s disease: ‘It becomes a choice between paying for a utility bill or medication’
Patients spend an average of €3,252 annually on managing their condition, a report has found
www.irishtimes.com
June 15, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The onerous cost of Crohn’s disease: ‘It becomes a choice between paying for a utility bill or medication’
www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...
www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...
"We Palestinians need protection and justice now, before it is too late."
I told the truth about the West Bank and was threatened and assaulted. Now I'm relying on you to act | Issa Amro
Our lives are blighted by illegal settlements, and 22 more have just been approved. Unless Israel is held to account, we will be erased, says Palestinian human rights defender Issa Amro
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
"We Palestinians need protection and justice now, before it is too late."
Gaza doctor whose nine children were killed in Israeli strike dies from wounds from same attack
Gaza doctor whose nine children were killed in Israeli strike dies from wounds from same attack
Hamdi al-Najjar’s son Adam (11) remains in hospital following bombing of family home
www.irishtimes.com
June 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Gaza doctor whose nine children were killed in Israeli strike dies from wounds from same attack
As seen in Roscommon... by x.com/magnumlady
June 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
As seen in Roscommon... by x.com/magnumlady
‘I walked through the fire all by myself’: An image of a child lays bare barbarism in Gaza.
@mrkocnnll.bsky.social @irishtimes.com
@mrkocnnll.bsky.social @irishtimes.com
Mark O'Connell: ‘I walked through the fire all by myself’. This is barbarism
Gaza, long viewed as a gigantic open air prison, is now a kind of vast black site, where everyone is deemed guilty, where anything can be done to them without recourse to any justice
www.irishtimes.com
May 31, 2025 at 10:11 AM
‘I walked through the fire all by myself’: An image of a child lays bare barbarism in Gaza.
@mrkocnnll.bsky.social @irishtimes.com
@mrkocnnll.bsky.social @irishtimes.com
The independent COVID-19 Evaluation is examining how Ireland managed the pandemic.
This survey gives you the opportunity to share your experience and help us learn lessons for future events.
👉 www.covid19evaluation.ie/survey/
This survey gives you the opportunity to share your experience and help us learn lessons for future events.
👉 www.covid19evaluation.ie/survey/
Survey - COVID-19 Evaluation
COVID-19 Evaluation Survey
www.covid19evaluation.ie
May 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The independent COVID-19 Evaluation is examining how Ireland managed the pandemic.
This survey gives you the opportunity to share your experience and help us learn lessons for future events.
👉 www.covid19evaluation.ie/survey/
This survey gives you the opportunity to share your experience and help us learn lessons for future events.
👉 www.covid19evaluation.ie/survey/
Irish Medical Institutions Must Act on Gaza - Sign the Petition!
Sign the Petition
Irish Medical Institutions Must Act on Gaza
chng.it
May 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Irish Medical Institutions Must Act on Gaza - Sign the Petition!
One for the GI crew. Fantastic podcast from Dr. Jonathan Segal and Dr. James Haridy:
#LiverSky #GISky #GastroSky
(Twitter/X: @2guystalkingit)
#LiverSky #GISky #GastroSky
(Twitter/X: @2guystalkingit)
#08: Professor Gideon Hirschfield - The Art and Science of PSC and Autoimmune Hepatitis
Podcast Episode · Two guys talking **it - A Gastroenterology and Hepatology podcast · 28/04/2025 · 1h 6m
podcasts.apple.com
May 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
One for the GI crew. Fantastic podcast from Dr. Jonathan Segal and Dr. James Haridy:
#LiverSky #GISky #GastroSky
(Twitter/X: @2guystalkingit)
#LiverSky #GISky #GastroSky
(Twitter/X: @2guystalkingit)
Taoiseach Micheál Martin accuses Israel of war crime over blocking of aid entering Gaza
Taoiseach Micheál Martin accuses Israel of war crime over blocking of aid entering Gaza
Over 50 days since food and medicines have been allowed into besieged area
www.irishtimes.com
May 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Taoiseach Micheál Martin accuses Israel of war crime over blocking of aid entering Gaza
“Ireland calls on Israel to immediately lift the blockade and allow for unimpeded access of humanitarian aid.” Dr. Mike Ryan
'We are complicit': Irish WHO director calls for action on war in Gaza
The World Health Organisation executive director said he is ‘angry with the world’.
www.thejournal.ie
May 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“Ireland calls on Israel to immediately lift the blockade and allow for unimpeded access of humanitarian aid.” Dr. Mike Ryan
The diagnosis explosion: an important new book tries to understand what’s happening
Excellent new book by Dr. Suzanne O'Sullivan.
Patient-centred and full of compassion.
@bmj.com
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Excellent new book by Dr. Suzanne O'Sullivan.
Patient-centred and full of compassion.
@bmj.com
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
The diagnosis explosion: an important new book tries to understand what’s happening
Darcie is a woman in her early 20s with migraine, hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, anorexia, irritable bowel syndrome, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, autism, attention deficit/hyperacti...
www.bmj.com
April 26, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The diagnosis explosion: an important new book tries to understand what’s happening
Excellent new book by Dr. Suzanne O'Sullivan.
Patient-centred and full of compassion.
@bmj.com
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Excellent new book by Dr. Suzanne O'Sullivan.
Patient-centred and full of compassion.
@bmj.com
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
‘I had all the symptoms of bowel cancer but it wasn’t on their radar because of my age’
www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...
www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...
‘I had all the symptoms of bowel cancer but it wasn’t on their radar because of my age’
Kerrie Kennedy endured searing stomach pain. Doctors ruled out a link to her pregnancy, but it still took time to identify the real culprit
www.irishtimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
‘I had all the symptoms of bowel cancer but it wasn’t on their radar because of my age’
www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...
www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...
Finding a social media home after Twitter
@maurizioblanco.bsky.social
@medindonews.bsky.social
www.medicalindependent.ie/comment/opin...
@maurizioblanco.bsky.social
@medindonews.bsky.social
www.medicalindependent.ie/comment/opin...
Finding a social media home after Twitter - Medical Independent
Personally, I find Bluesky a helpful place to be – but is it the best social media option for medics and researchers?...
www.medicalindependent.ie
April 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Finding a social media home after Twitter
@maurizioblanco.bsky.social
@medindonews.bsky.social
www.medicalindependent.ie/comment/opin...
@maurizioblanco.bsky.social
@medindonews.bsky.social
www.medicalindependent.ie/comment/opin...
Rest in peace Niall. Such a great guy. Such a loss. www.hotpress.com/opinion/form...
Former Hot Press Writer Niall Crumlish Has Died | Hotpress
One of the finest music writers of his generation, Niall Crumlish had suffered a brain haemorrhage, before being diagnosed with cancer less than five years a...
www.hotpress.com
March 31, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Rest in peace Niall. Such a great guy. Such a loss. www.hotpress.com/opinion/form...
It’s the 88th day of the year… Piano Day. youtu.be/LNyJ96w7A7U?...
Nils Frahm - Hammers (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Erased Tapes
youtu.be
March 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
It’s the 88th day of the year… Piano Day. youtu.be/LNyJ96w7A7U?...
Bowel cancer screening programme extended to people aged up to 70 🇮🇪 www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...
Bowel cancer screening programme extended to people aged up to 70
Galway man (59) tells of his shock when BowelScreen test found cancer, despite lack of symptoms
www.irishtimes.com
March 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Bowel cancer screening programme extended to people aged up to 70 🇮🇪 www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...
Useful summary of dietary advice for patients with GI conditions.
Aoife McDonald, dietitian
@medindonews.bsky.social
www.medicalindependent.ie/clinical-new...
Aoife McDonald, dietitian
@medindonews.bsky.social
www.medicalindependent.ie/clinical-new...
Dietary advice for patients with GI conditions - Medical Independent
GI conditions. Patients often present to their GP with gut symptoms or specific gastrointestinal disorders in which diet can play...
www.medicalindependent.ie
March 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Useful summary of dietary advice for patients with GI conditions.
Aoife McDonald, dietitian
@medindonews.bsky.social
www.medicalindependent.ie/clinical-new...
Aoife McDonald, dietitian
@medindonews.bsky.social
www.medicalindependent.ie/clinical-new...
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 AM
"As doctors, researchers, and other academics flee X (formerly Twitter), Mun-Keat Looi looks at what the social network Bluesky is and why #MedSky might be worth trying" www.bmj.com/content/388/...
What is medical Bluesky—and is it worth engaging with?
As doctors, researchers, and other academics flee X (formerly Twitter), Mun-Keat Looi looks at what the social network Bluesky is and why #MedSky might be worth trying
In a nutshell, it’s a social ne...
www.bmj.com
February 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"As doctors, researchers, and other academics flee X (formerly Twitter), Mun-Keat Looi looks at what the social network Bluesky is and why #MedSky might be worth trying" www.bmj.com/content/388/...