Accomplished doctor and former Paralympian to speak in Waterford this month
Dr. Austin O'Carroll
As part of this year's Well Festival, Dr Austin O’Carroll will be welcomed to the Annual Réalta Keynote Event, to talk about the significance of the arts in his life.
Dr O’Carroll has been a GP in Dublin’s inner city since 1997.
He is passionate about improving access to quality primary healthcare for communities affected by marginalisation or deprivation, and has founded or initiated several programmes in this regard, including Safetynet, providing GP services to over 6,000 marginalised patients annually throughout Ireland.
He was also fundamental in GPCareforAll, a social enterprise creating new GP practices in areas of deprivation, and the North Dublin City GP Training Programme, to train GPs to work in communities affected by deprivation or marginalisation.
He also had a significant role to play in Partnership for Health Equity, a research, education, policy and service delivery collaboration.
Outside his medical career, Dr O’Carroll is a keen cyclist and represented Ireland in the 2016 Paralympics in sailing.
Dr O’Carroll will be in conversation with well-known Waterfordian, Dermot Keyes, a communications specialist and author with 25 years’ experience in the newspaper and broadcast industries.
Away from journalism, Dermot is a highly regarded baritone who has performed across the South-East.
The event takes place at Réalta/Waterford Healing Arts Centre for Arts and Health, at University Hospital Waterford, on Monday, February 17 at 6pm.
More info is available at wellwaterford.com
