Ireland's prime minister to work as doctor amid coronavirus pandemic [View all]
Source: USA Today
Ireland's prime minister plans to work one day a week as a doctor to help amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Leo Varadkar studied medicine and trained to be a doctor at King’s Hospital and Trinity College Dublin. He worked as a doctor for seven years before entering politics, according to Reuters.
In March, Varadkar re-registered as a doctor to practice one day a week with Ireland's Health Service Executive, his office confirmed in a statement to USA TODAY.
"Many of his family and friends are working in the health service. He wanted to help out even in a small way," the statement said.
Varadkar's father was a doctor and mother a nurse. According to the Irish Times, his partner, sisters and their husbands all work for the country's health services, too.
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