New GP Service at the Lismore Clinic
The new GP service / Family Medical Practice at the Lismore Clinic was officially launched last Friday 11th September. The evening was attended by local pharmacists and other local business people, public health nurses, GPs, other healthcare practitioners and family and friends of Dr Noelle Quann.
Speaking at the official opening, AnneMarie Reilly, Medical Herbalist and Nutritionist who established the clinic in 2004, welcomed Dr Noelle Quann to the team, saying that patients can now avail of an integrated, multi disciplinary healthcare service at the Lismore Clinic, where they can benefit from both conventional medical care and a variety of complementary and alternative approaches, providing a more comprehensive and holistic approach to healthcare.
AnneMarie introduced all the members of the team, and explained that in order to provide the highest standards of healthcare, all practitioners at the Lismore Clinic are fully qualified and experienced in their field, and registered with the appropriate professional body.
Dr Noelle Quann expressed her gratitude to everyone who supported her, and paid tribute to her family, particularly her parents, Noreen and Michael Quann for their “unwaivering support” which has helped to make her GP practice possible. She described her mother, who works as a public health nurse as always taking a “holistic and whole patient approach”, and said that her mother had “a huge impact on the type of doctor I have become.”
Dr Quann thanked AnneMarie Reilly for having the vision to establish a service with an all encompassing approach to health. “She really takes into account the health and wellbeing, physical and emotional, of every individual and I look forward to working with her”, said Dr Quann.
Special guest, Aoife Hearne, of Nutrition Solutions and RTE’s Operation Transformation, said she was delighted to be present at the official opening of the new GP surgery at the Lismore Clinic. She said that there is huge job satisfaction in working in healthcare “where you can really make a difference to people’s lives – to how well they live and how long they live.”
She acknowledged the uniqueness of the Lismore Clinic in bringing conventional and alternative medicines together and their way of looking at the whole person and their physical as well as mental/emotional needs. Very Reverend Father Michael Corkery performend a blessing on the clinic before Aoife Hearne and Dr. Quann cut the ribbon to officially open the new GP surgery.