‘There are still times when a doctor needs to hold a patient’s hand’
Last week, Dr Martin Kelly fronted a parliamentary inquiry to reveal some of the realities of working as a GP in remote Australia
Dr Martin Kelly is a GP who knows the reality of remote medicine.
For the past 25 years, he has worked for Nganampa Health Council, running medical clinics in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands.
He was a close colleague of Gayle Woodford (right), who was murdered in 2016 while working as a nurse at one of his clinics.
Last week, he fronted a Senate inquiry where spoke about the stark choices he faces between funding Indigenous healthcare and funding security to protect staff.
