‘I could have been depressed and angry but I decided no’: Doctor on going deaf and blind
Dr David Squirrell's move from doctor to disability advocate was rewarded with an OAM in the 2024 Australia Day honours.
“Stop work now.”
With three words, a bureaucrat ended Dr David Squirrell’s 30-year medical career.
It was 2008, and Dr Squirrell was working as a senior consultant in aged care assessment and rehabilitation in Noarlunga in Adelaide’s south.
He had 20 inpatients under his care and was supervising an RMO and a registrar.
