Professor Louise Dubras, GP and Foundation Dean of the School of Medicine at Ulster University, reflects on her experience as a doctor during the recent COVID pandemic.

‘Curing’ Homosexuality in Late 20th Century Belfast

Epidemic Belfast raises difficult and challenging questions about Northern Ireland's medical history, from the 19th century to COVID.  In each episode, experts examine themes including the health of Belfast's mill workers, asylums, Victorian anti-vaxxers, 'cures' and shock therapies for homosexuality, the thalidomide tragedy, lobotomies, prison doctors during the Troubles and the AIDS crisis.