British Lourdes Medical Association

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The British Lourdes Medical Association provides information, advice and fellowship for clinicians who take sick pilgrims to the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes, and is a focus for those clinicians who may be interested in joining a pilgrimage in the future.

We meet once a year to share ideas and our experiences, with an educational and social programme, including outside speakers. Recent outside speakers have included Sr. Bernadette Moreau (the subject of the 70th miracle) and Dr. John O'Reilly a respiratory physician with pilgrimage experience. We have had recent workshops on training lay helpers, competencies required of clinical teams and travel issues.

We believe that sharing best practice is important and you will find on our website examples of useful documents such as policies in current use for pilgrimages travelling from Great Britain to Lourdes, which may be of use to those involved in planning their own pilgrimages.

We work closely with the British Pilgrimage Directors Group, and provide them with medical opinion and expertise as required.

We welcome you to our website, and hope you will find it of interest!

The Shrine of our Lady of Lourdes

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Your First Pilgrimage

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Pilgrimage Calendar

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History

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Clinical Info

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Latest News

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AMIL medical meeting during the Lourdes days 2022

12th February, 2022

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Latest News

Dr Sara Baxter RIP

17th October, 2022

We are very sad to report the death of Sara on 30th June 2022. She…

Link to Sanctuary Health Charter

12th February, 2022

The Lourdes Sanctuary regularly updates the Health Charter that they have developed to combat Covid-19.…

AMIL medical meeting during the Lourdes days 2022

12th February, 2022

Dr De Franciscis hosted a meeting entitled "Lourdes Guerit Le Monde" on Saturday 12th February,…