But in a local environment, once they started going after me, I thought, ‘this is a really good sign. “There were guidelines written, as there are for any new service and procedure, and there has been a lot of training going on,” Boylan reveals. “That was the most distressing experience of my entire career,” Boylan reflects. “Ultimately, it’s an emotional rewarding specialty, but it’s also so emotionally draining,” he surmises. That’s the stuff we never forget.”In The Shadow Of The Eighth: My Forty Years Working For Women’s Health In Ireland by Peter Boylan is out now via Penguin Ireland.

Source: Irish Independent November 13, 2019 15:06 UTC