RCSI chief wants more straight talking on health
Ken Mealy, president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, feels that step one to a better health service is educating the people who will use it
CV: Ken Mealy
Role: President of RCSI
Lives: Wexford
Recently read: Parnell: A Novel by Brian Cregan
Hobbies: Reading, hillwalking, swimming
Professional medical bodies never really saw patient advocacy or public education as their role, but that is changing under the straight-talking president of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland (RCSI).
Ken Mealy, a consultant general surgeon, has spent decades working in the Irish health service. He lists off plenty of improvements ...
