From Broadway to the bush
Dr Doyle has encountered everything from a farmer attacked by a bull through to helicopter evacuations for car accident victims during her relieving work for rural doctors. She says the rich variety of rural practice is why she keeps coming back to places like Deniliquin and Gulgong, providing local doctors with much-needed breaks. "Rural locum work certainly gives you a different perspective on life compared to working in the inner-city where we sometimes take medical care for granted," she says. "The knowledge that I am helping rural communities is important too, as is the fact that I am enabling a hard-working doctor to take time off." Dr Doyle, who is based at the Broadway General Practice in inner-Sydney, says her city patients have been very supportive of her country locum work. "They are always keen to know where I will be going next ... I think they see it as a great way of helping rural Australians."
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