Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 6 July 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert

Dr. John Lambert:

Absolutely. The title of my submission to the committee is the Establishment of a Long Covid Multidisciplinary Clinic and GP Support Network in Ireland. I chose the title because we really should be working together. We have separate clinics for pulmonary and infectious diseases at the Mater Hospital. I tried to get the clinics amalgamated. However, I have dialogue with my colleagues. Pulmonary doctors have actually changed their practices, recognising the fact that many breathing problems that patients are having are centrally-driven, rather than investigating and spending a huge amount of money testing patients for a problem that is not in the lungs.

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