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- 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.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Marc MacSharry: Dr. Sheehan is of the opinion that Dr. Lambert is on a solo run which he does not support. Does Dr. Sheehan not support him in his personal quest or does he not support more education and training for GPs as Dr. Lambert suggested this morning?