Last of a doctoring dynasty hangs up the stethoscope

DOCTOR Nick Barker finds he’s still doing “kerbside consults” in Red Cliffs since he retired but, after his family provided three generations of health care to the town over almost a century, its residents probably find his advice a hard habit to break. The 70-year-old medico hung up his stethoscope at the end of September […]

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