Nothing In The Budget To Ease Rural Doctor Crisis
The AMA has slammed Labor’s budget for ignoring the shortage of rural doctors.
“Doctors are extremely disappointed there is nothing in this week’s budget to attract GPs and specialists to practice in rural Victoria,” AMA Victoria president Dr Mark Yates told the Bendigo Advertiser.
“Communities across the state are justifiably concerned about the future of their local medical services.”
The news comes as the ABC prepares to broadcast an episode of Four Corners in which doctors claim that obstetrics services in some parts of rural Australia are Third World.
Since Labor came to office in Victoria, over 18 hospitals have suspended or abandoned their obstetrics services.
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