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The Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD has appointed the following person as a member to the Medical Council
Dr Muhammad Waqas Hussain
Dr Muhammad Waqas Hussain is the Non-Consultant Hospital Doctor (NCHD) representative on the Medical Council.
He has worked as Registrar in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine in the Irish healthcare system for more than five years. He holds Membership of the College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland and has recently been appointed to the Irish Specialist Anaesthesia Training Programme.
Having worked on the frontline across tertiary and regional hospitals, Dr Hussain understands the professional and personal challenges faced by NCHDs, particularly those adapting to a new healthcare system. Through his leadership roles in doctors’ representative organisations, he has supported colleagues with professional development, career progression, wellbeing and integration into medical practice in Ireland.
Dr Hussain believes that medical regulation should protect patients while also treating doctors with fairness, compassion and respect. As the NCHD representative, he is committed to listening to the experiences of doctors in training, ensuring their voices are heard and contributing to a regulatory system that is transparent, proportionate and humane.