Month: August 2018

‡ Yesterday I saw a four-year-old boy with school sores. The day before my colleague saw a 16-year-old girl with a fever and knee pain. Last week our visiting paediatric cardiologist saw an eight-year-old girl with a new cardiac murmur. Last month our clinic health worker saw a 25-year-old male receiving...

I have been privileged to call Thursday Island home for the last three and a half years. Initially I planned to commit for a year, but I soon fell in love with the island and it became home. The medicine is unlike anywhere else in Australia, the community is...