‘He’ll keep taking the hits.’ A Samoan Kiwi who just wants to help Pacific health progress

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‘He’ll keep taking the hits.’ A Samoan Kiwi who just wants to help Pacific health progress

Alan

Perrott

aperrott@nzdoctor.co.nz

Saturday 15 January 2022, 08:00 AM

South Seas Healthcare chief executive Silao Vaisola-Sefo grew up in Samoa caring for his then bedridden mother, spoke no English when he first went to primary school in Dunedin, and played rugby until his body said "no more" and then he needed a new plan

We are on our summer break and the editorial office is closed until 17 January. In the meantime, please enjoy our Summer Hiatus series, an eclectic mix from our news and clinical archives and articles from The Conversation throughout the year. This article was first published in the 28 April edition

Alan Perrott meets a man who pushed for Ōtara, south Auckland, to get a ‘gold-standard’ COVID-19 community-based assessment centre last year

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