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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: It has almost no relevance then.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: To clinical treatment? I am confused. Dr. McKeown is telling me the ICD codes are administrative.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: I am confused, not Dr. McKeown.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: We should take a mental note to stop wasting money sending people to engage with the WHO on ICD codes because it seems an awful waste of money. I would like to come back in if there is a second round of questioning.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: Dr. Sheehan said that there is no proof that long-term antibiotics-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: -----make a difference. There are over 100 publications in journals that say otherwise.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: That is just what I have read. It seems there is disagreement between specialists in infectious diseases. Has Dr. Sheehan read Dr. Daniel Cameron's paper on this?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: Has he ever discussed the issue with Dr. John Lambert?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: Is that not most unusual? Does Dr. Sheehan not work in the same hospital as him?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: Dr. Lambert earlier mentioned the establishment of a Lyme disease resource centre. Would Dr. Sheehan be a supporter of that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: I did not mention the hospital at all. I am interested to know would Dr. Sheehan be supportive.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: He would not,
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: Why is that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: Would it be Dr. Sheehan's view that the view held by Dr. Lambert and others is a delusional or deluded view when it comes to Lyme disease?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: What is it then? Is Dr. Lambert's view partially accurate, somewhat accurate or not accurate?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: It is inaccurate in many ways. Would Dr. Sheehan not be concerned about the competence of such a physician practising in this country if he was that confident in the inaccuracies of Dr. Lambert's views?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: No, I am not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: It is completely clinical. I am only interested in outcomes for patients. Dr. Sheehan said he thinks this particular view is inaccurate. Are patients at risk as a result of such views being held in this country?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: Okay. Is it acceptable to treat acne, bone infections, the removal of a spleen, tuberculosis and other conditions with long-term antibiotics?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: Antibiotics are not just administered intravenously. One can take them in other ways.