‘My wheelchair is my prison and my freedom,’ says GP with quadriplegia
After a catastrophic accident four years ago, Dr Steve Peterson has found ways to work as a GP and support rural communities
Dr Steve Peterson’s colleagues were wondering why he had not turned up as they were preparing for the arrival of a major trauma case at their ED.
It was only when they saw the critically injured cyclist who came in that they understood — it was because he was the patient.
He had been struck by a motorist while riding to work at the hospital in the regional town of Orange, NSW.
He had fractured every bone in his neck, dissected his vertebral artery and seriously damaged his spinal cord at the base of his neck.
