With her potentially life-saving videos and no-nonsense social media posts, the Cork-based paediatric consultant is on a mission to help parents. Here, she talks about how misinformation online is putting children at risk, Ireland’s flawed healthcare system and sharing her experience of Ozempic
Dr Niamh Lynch. Photo: Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision
It’s a strange sort of honour to know you’re responsible for putting a lot of people in hospital, but one Niamh Lynch is very familiar with.
The Cork-based consultant paediatrician laughs, admitting she regularly has mums and dads approach her while she’s at work to tell her that she’s the reason they’ve walked through the emergency doors.