Crisis on our doorstep: GP pleads for help as pandemic strikes PNG
Dr Alison Brown, who is working in a remote province, fears the health system will collapse
Dr Alison Brown is worried. She hasn’t yet been vaccinated against COVID-19.
Perhaps in Australia this would not be the concern it is for her now.
But the Melbourne GP is currently working in a remote community in PNG; a country facing an outbreak that threatens to engulf its fragile health system.
“I have PPE and am taking other measures such as socially distancing and avoiding crowds, to protect myself,” she says.
