‘A teacher said I’d be a streetsweeper if I was lucky — now I’m an RACGP fellow’
Everybody wants a piece of Dr Justin Hunter. One of the first Indigenous doctors in the Royal Australian Navy, he is now a fully fledged…
Tag: Human interest
‘I was armed with an F88 rifle and 9mm pistol’: A GP’s story
How Dr Justin Hunter's confronting experiences in Iraq led him into GP training.
Underground medicine: Aussie GP tells of her new life under fire amid the war in Ukraine
'Once we start talking to them, they often break down, words spilling out of them of the horrors they have endured,' says Dr Lisa Searle.
The year that was: ‘I couldn’t leave my mother to die’
Dr Natalia Peker used a phone and family contacts to get her mother to safety.
‘I’m sitting inside this cage’: Doctor interrogated by police over rum theft speaks to AusDoc
The doctor falsely accused of stealing a bottle of rum says Victoria Police had multiple opportunities to end his ordeal early if they had been…
Doctor falsely accused of rum theft wins police apology
A doctor labelled as wanted on a Victoria Police Facebook page, then arrested when he voluntarily went to the police station, has won his battle…
‘I was catching up on surgery cases – and then the publisher called’
Dr Neela Janakiramanan shares how her book, 'The Registrar', came to life during a COVID-19 lockdown.
Underground medicine: Aussie GP tells of her new life under fire amid the war in Ukraine
'Once we start talking to them, they often break down, words spilling out of them of the horrors they have endured,' says Dr Lisa Searle.
‘I couldn’t leave my mother to die’: GP tells of her mother’s escape from Ukraine
Dr Natalia Peker used a phone and family contacts to get her mother to safety.
Medicine under the Taliban: ‘Care with no equipment, no supplies is next to impossible’
Anne Cilliers has been working on the ground as a nurse and medical co-ordinator for Médecins Sans Frontières.
