‘You’re expected to manage anything’: Life as a doctor on a tiny island
Dr Jodie McCoy was already working at Norfolk Island’s only hospital when she was a teenager, as a lifestyle officer at its aged care component.…
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‘We try to give patients hope that things will get better’: GP at pelvic pain clinic
When Dr Andrew Leech started his pelvic pain clinic, his number one focus was endometriosis. But six months in, he has learnt “not all pelvic…
My shower turned to shit — and I mean that literally
Back in the early 1990s I worked as a doctor in the Dabaab refugee camp which at the time was providing a safe haven for…
Is this a health minister’s dream — an Australian medical clinic with no doctors?
The Federal Government has finally succeeded in helping to deliver what you suspect is every health minister’s secret dream — a medical clinic with no…
‘I hadn’t worked in emergency for 40 years’: GP leaves his practice to work as a locum 3000km from home
Ready to retire from solo practice in Geelong, but not wanting to hang up his stethoscope, Dr Frank Scheelings headed 3000km north to work as…
‘One of the most powerful human experiences I’ve ever had’: A budding doctor’s first delivery
“The baby’s head starts to come out and the midwife throws me a kidney dish with a needle and vial of synthetic oxytocin and says…
State offers $10,000 cash incentive to lure GPs out bush
A $10,000 cash incentive is being used to convince doctors of the benefits of a life in the country, as one state tries to plug…
‘I’ve not had one doctor apply in four years’: Fighting to survive a GP drought
“I’ve had to close the practice three or four days over the last six months because I had no doctors. “That’s never happened in the…
Why this GP registrar spoke up about the benefits of being an obese doctor
Dr Tanvir Kapoor was first diagnosed as obese at the age of 12. “I remember a paediatrician encouraging my mum to give me more fruits…
Dr Graham Rowlands and the bizarre attempt to ditch him for a super clinic dream
Listening to Dr Graham Rowlands describe his career would probably give GPs the idea that he is treasured by the community he cares for. He…
