Rural Queensland town's GP success hopes to inspire more doctors to work rurally

ABC NEWS (Australia) 2023-03-06

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Rural communities across Australia have been experiencing GP shortages for decades. But as so many towns struggle to hold on to doctors, the Central Queensland town of Theodore is not only attracting new GPs, it's keeping them.
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