Summer days, rural clinics: Those who stay so others can play

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Summer days, rural clinics: Those who stay so others can play

Fiona

Cassie

fcassie@nzdoctor.co.nz

Friday 31 January 2025, 03:08 PM

Paihia Sunrise Beach CR YiuCheung on iStock

Come the festive break, some of the country’s smallest practices gear up for the summer workload of sunburn, embedded fishhooks and surfboard knocks, not to mention the urgent and after-hours callouts [Image: YiuCheung on iStock]

Come summer, the country’s cities and towns empty out to beaches, lakes and mountains served by some of our most isolated general practices. Fiona Cassie finds out how they cope

We’ve had our staff basically yelled and screamed at by a bus driver who couldn’t understand why we can’t see their patient onboard Thanks to an

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