Fishhooks, stingray barbs, dog bites – a remote, rural practice gears up for summer of accidents

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Fishhooks, stingray barbs, dog bites – a remote, rural practice gears up for summer of accidents

Martin
Johnston
Te Whānau a Apanui Community Health team from left: Nurse Waimate Ngamoki, GP Rachel Thomson, Administrator Ripeka Te Haara and nurses Toma Walker and Kiritahanga Savage. Absent Nurse Dorothy Keir and Practice Manager Phillipa Callaghan
Te Kaha Medical Centre nurse Waimate Ngamoki, GP Rachel Thomson, administrator Ripeka Te Haara and nurses Toma Walker and Kiritahanga Savage
At tiny Te Kaha in the eastern Bay of Plenty, the sole general practice is gearing up for a summer of accidents, from stingray wounds to major trauma,