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Doubling down on solo practice
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Doubling down on solo practice
Thursday 18 August 2022, 11:13 AM

Shila and Ashwin Patel love their new working arrangement, which involves two solo practices an hour’s drive apart [image: NZD]
Ashwin and Shila Patel have the best of town and country practice, writes editor Barbara Fountain
At an age when many GPs might be dreaming of retiring, Auckland specialist GP and distinguished RNZCGP Fellow Ashwin Patel doubles down.
Not onl, matakana garden, Aerial shot of the 6ha property that drew Ashwin and Shila Patel to the Matakana area in 2019: it takes four hours on a ride-on mower to cut the lawns
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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