Colm O’Rourke is a Dublin man, and in this recording he initially discusses his career in the Eastern Health Board where he worked as a technician with the Blood Transfusion Service, beginning in 1966. In 1973, he worked for a short period as a salesman with the Johnson and Johnson Group, before his appointment to a senior post at the Meath Hospital, and later at the Mater Hospital at the time when open heart surgery was being developed there. During this period he was also employed as a part-time lecturer in haematology at Kevin Street, where he later took up a post full-time. He gives his views on the facilities in Kevin Street and the major underfunding which applied. Though conditions were challenging, relations between the staff was always excellent. He discusses his views on the bureaucratic structure which exists in hospitals to this day, and he stresses the importance of keeping abreast of developments in biomedical science and in the blood transfusion area, at a time of great change.
COLM O’ROURKE, FORMER LECTURER, BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE
KIERAN TAAFFE, BORN 1942, FORMER HEAD OF PHYSICS DEPARTMENT AND FORMER VICE PRINCIPAL, KEVIN STREET
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BRIAN FORBES, BORN 1958, PROPERTY AND FACILITIES OFFICER
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COLM O’ROURKE, FORMER LECTURER, BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE
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Additional information
Type: | MP3 |
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Audio series: | Dublin Institute of Technology |
Bitrate: | 128 kbps |
Download time limit: | 48 hours |
File size(s): | 48.82 MB |
Number of files: | 9 |
Product ID: | CDDNIT-16 |
Subject: | Sheep farming in the Dublin mountains |
Recorded by: | Maurice O’Keeffe |