GPs urged to do more minor operations: Former surgeon, now a GP, points to need to expand role

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GPs urged to do more minor operations: Former surgeon, now a GP, points to need to expand role

Stephen
Forbes
Vivek Patel
Vivek Patel is calling on doctors in primary care to step up and do more minor surgery [Image: NZD]

Steve Forbes meets Vivek Patel, who does more than the usual amount of minor surgery in general practice

In a first-world country like New Zealand, people are getting third-world medical treatment An Auckland specialist GP who has carried out 1000 mi, Giant lipoma, This patient had a giant lipoma for a decade and was languishing on a waiting list [Image: Vivek Patel]
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