Meet the public servant who helped guide you through the COVID-19 crisis
Dr Lucas de Toca tells AusDoc about his rollercoaster journey since arriving in Australia 10 years ago
For almost three years, Dr Lucas de Toca has been the face of the primary care response to COVID-19.
But before his role as a public servant, he was a recently-arrived immigrant working in some of the most remote communities in Australia, where he says he was adopted by the local people.
Here is his story.
When Dr Lucas de Toca headed to East Arnhem Land to volunteer in Yirrkala, an indigenous community more than 1000km from Darwin, he didn’t realise he was about to be seduced.
