DUBLIN/MADRID (Reuters) - On a St. Patrick's Day like no other last month, Irish Health Minister Simon Harris launched a recruitment drive to tackle the coronavirus outbreak with a stark message: "Your country needs you."
Nine days later, David Quigley arrived home to Dublin from Perth, Australia alongside 100 other young Irish doctors who cut short their training abroad to answer Harris' call to help slow the spread that has infected more than 3,000 people in Ireland.
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