Sir, - When I receive the next request on Oireachtas notepaper urging me to expedite the admission of a constituent for cataract surgery, should I:
1. Burn it and bring the Dail into disrepute;
2. Review the case notes on humanitarian grounds and "have a word" with my ward sister;
3. Seek the impeachment of the sender through Mr Cowen;
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4. Suggest the VHI; or
5. Resign to private practice under pressure from my CEO for most of the above options? - Yours, etc.,
Peter Barry, FRCS, Consultant Eye Surgeon, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, & St Vincent's Hospital, Dublin.