Irish PM, a medical doctor, picks up shifts to fight covid19

[Tanuki]

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/04/06/europe/ireland-leo-varadkar-coronavirus-doctor-intl/index.html?__twitter_impression=true

"Seven years ago, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar quit medicine for politics. Now he is going back to work as a doctor as his country battles the novel coronavirus outbreak.

The Taoiseach, as the Prime Minister is referred to in Ireland, has rejoined the medical register and will work one shift a week to help out during the pandemic, national broadcaster RTE reported.

Varadkar worked as a doctor for seven years before becoming a politician. He left the medical profession in 2013.

RTE reported that he re-registered as a doctor in March and offered his services to the country's Health Service Executive for one session a week. Varadkar will carry out phone assessments to free up staff for frontline work, according to RTE."...(more)

[anamnua]

1. The view of many (not me)

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over here in Ireland is that it’s a PR stunt.

[Tanuki]

2. Interesting. Does he have a history of engaging in stunts?

[anamnua]

3. He is a regular, typical politician. NT.