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AMA Victoria President to speak with Gippsland doctors about local issues
9 October 2007
AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis will meet with doctors in Gippsland over the next two days and hear their concerns about issues local doctors are facing.
Dr Travis’ Gippsland tour starts in Sale today and he will visit Traralgon, Warragul and Korumburra to meet with local doctors.
“Issues high on the agenda for the doctors are funding for public hospitals, retaining doctors and attracting more doctors to the region, and providing better health services to locals” he said.
The Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) and Australian Medical Association are urging the Government to commit to a major rescue package of rural-specific support incentives to get more doctors working in country Australia.
Both the AMA and RDAA have identified a range of measures essential to improving services to country patients including better funding for rural hospitals, a rural health obligation, expanded specialist outreach services and better support for patients who have to travel to receive treatment.
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