Patients’ advocate ‘shook the cage’

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Patients’ advocate ‘shook the cage’

Natasha
Jojoa Burling
Heidi
Specialist GP, the late Heidi MacRae, remembered as a true champion of women’s health and passionate about equity [Image: Supplied]

The late Heidi MacRae spoke out about her breast cancer diagnosis, encouraged women to keep up with mammograms and campaigned for more government funding for breast cancer medicines. Natasha Jojoa Burling talks to her husband and colleagues

Even from her bed at Harbour Hospice in Takapuna, specialist GP Heidi MacRae pushed for better healthcare. Dr MacRae passed away on 9 November aged