Dr Michael McBride deserves a gong

A letter by David Barbour:
By Letters
Published 16th Jan 2021, 06:57 BST
Dr Michael McBride, the Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland. "His style is calm, as if exhorting his household in a confident way," writes David BarbourDr Michael McBride, the Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland. "His style is calm, as if exhorting his household in a confident way," writes David Barbour
Dr Michael McBride, the Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland. "His style is calm, as if exhorting his household in a confident way," writes David Barbour

Rowland Mulligan, Omagh, praises Sandra Chapman, the columnist, for her support of the health minister Robin Swann for the way he conducts his brief (‘Well said Sandra Chapman,’ January 12).

For some time I also thought a non-political assistant to the executive, Dr Michael McBride, chief medical officer of NI, deserves a gong.

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His style is calm and fatherly as if exhorting his household in a natural, confident way.

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David Barbour, Coleraine

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