Top stories of 2017... No.2: GP hailed a hero for his specialist fees website
Dr Richard Zhu achieved a different type of medical breakthrough
19th December 2017
STORIES OF THE YEAR

As the year comes to a close, Australian Doctor is counting down the major stories we'll remember from 2017. At number two is the tale of Dr Richard Zhu, who created a website listing specialist gap fees. He sacrificed his lunch breaks every day for more than a year to work on the project and never asked for any money, making him a hero to many patients and doctors. But not everybody was a fan.