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1 online resource (streaming video file) (51 min. 12 sec.) ; 309142785 bytes |
| Summary |
Three years ago, in Desperately Seeking Doctors, feisty and outspoken Scottish GP Dr Mary Fortune answered an urgent call to help ease the shortage of doctors in regional Western Australia. Her brief encounter with Aboriginal health touched a nerve. So now she's back for a three month stint in an Aboriginal health service in Kununurra in the remote rugged and scenic North West of Australia. In Desperately Seeking Doctors: The Kimblerley, Dr Mary brings a brave heart and a fresh eye to the challenges of Australian health care.Working at the Ord Valley Aboriginal Health Service (OVAHS) in Kununurra and dealing with upwards of 120 patients a day, Dr Mary is thrown into the deep end of the health crisis facing the Kimberley. And the OVAHS clinic is a long way from her sedate waiting room in the Scottish Islands.Against the backdrop of a resources bonanza, Dr Mary comes face to face with the health impacts on a community by-passed by the boom; including a homeless pensioner recently awarded the Order of Australia and the ticking time-bomb of heart disease for a grandmother trying to provide a home for young kids fleeing family feuds. (Commissioned by SBS) (Documentary Series) (Part 1 of 2) PG CC |
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Broadcast 2011-12-20 at 19:30:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: PG |
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Aboriginal Australians -- Health and hygiene.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Services for.
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Medicine, Rural.
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Physicians, Foreign.
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Western Australia -- Kimberley.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Fortune, Mary, contributor
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