Rural doctor crisis: Tristar founder fears ‘disaster’ for communities

AUSTRALIA faces a public health crisis in rural communities, the founder and chief executive of Mildura-based Tristar Medical Group has warned.Dr Khaled El-Sheikh said the problem of doctor short­ages in small towns was being exacerbated by rules regulating supervision of training doctors.He said the restrictions had made it a “nightmare” to replace doctors who leave small […]