tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post114945914166884644..comments2023-07-03T21:44:22.373+10:00Comments on Hoyden-About-Town: Access to obstetric services in rural Australia as "third world" standardtigtoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17989643095255493683noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post-1149678272692676312006-06-07T21:04:00.000+10:002006-06-07T21:04:00.000+10:00Another rural issue is that these days, most docto...Another rural issue is that these days, most doctors are in two career families - it's hard to move two careers to the country. Easier if they're both doctors, but still tricky.<BR/><BR/>And if you do become a doctor in the country, it's pretty tricky to have reasonable working hours - I've read many stories about the last doctors in a rural town working 7 day weeks.<BR/><BR/>The crazy thing is Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08110533906307368556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post-1149576390713796272006-06-06T16:46:00.000+10:002006-06-06T16:46:00.000+10:00Me too, Morgan. It lacked the deeper analysis tha...Me too, Morgan. It lacked the deeper analysis that one expects from 4 Corners - inexperienced reporter, maybe? The costcutting at the ABC starts to show with them unable to keep up the quality of their signature current affairs programme.tigtoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17989643095255493683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post-1149561383661959232006-06-06T12:36:00.000+10:002006-06-06T12:36:00.000+10:00I found the programme disappointing: lots of human...I found the programme disappointing: lots of human interest discussion about the impact of the lack of doctors, but nothing significant about why.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post-1149561271691100402006-06-06T12:34:00.000+10:002006-06-06T12:34:00.000+10:00Yep. All my rural-reared friends with uni educati...Yep. All my rural-reared friends with uni educations live either in the city or in the more cosmopolitan rural areas of the coastal hinterland.<BR/><BR/>I can't think of anyone offhand from uni days who's chosen to live further west than Dubbo/Tamworth/Armidale/Wagga, and that's very few.tigtoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17989643095255493683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post-1149557863887940622006-06-06T11:37:00.000+10:002006-06-06T11:37:00.000+10:00It doesn't help either that university gets more a...It doesn't help either that university gets more and more expensive, and harder for rural kids to get into (because they don't have equal access to resources, like university libraries and uni-educated parents) so we have fewer uni graduates who have ever lived in the country. Praps we could have better high schools in the country, and scholarships that are actually enough to live on, so that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post-1149502632306164832006-06-05T20:17:00.000+10:002006-06-05T20:17:00.000+10:0025 years ago I was there because my dad had been t...25 years ago I was there because my dad had been transferred there. Then I went off to Uni in Sydney. About 15 years ago I spent a year in a different part of rural Australia as a secondment and quite enjoyed the fresh air and the treechange, but I do prefer the bright city lights. I wouldn't write rural Oz off in terms of arts/crafts/gourmet appeal - cosmopolitanism creeps on apace.<BR/><BR/>tigtoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17989643095255493683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post-1149500222506819702006-06-05T19:37:00.000+10:002006-06-05T19:37:00.000+10:00My cousin is an obstetrician. Even if insurance fe...My cousin is an obstetrician. Even if insurance fees were reasonable I couldn't imagine her living in rural Australia, for pretty much the same reason I can't imagine living in rural Australia. Why did you move, tigtog?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post-1149486691175224552006-06-05T15:51:00.000+10:002006-06-05T15:51:00.000+10:00These trends were already being talked about as a ...These trends were already being talked about as a future problem when I lived in country NSW 25 years ago, before the medical compensation blew out the insurance costs to their current level.<BR/><BR/>You are so right about the systemic failure to look into correcting the supply of medicos generally, but it's especially hard outside the cities.<BR/><BR/>It will be interesting to see what tigtoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17989643095255493683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post-1149484130643206892006-06-05T15:08:00.000+10:002006-06-05T15:08:00.000+10:00The GPs who are in rural Australia, many of whom u...The GPs who are in rural Australia, many of whom used to deliver babies, no longer do because they can't afford the insurance.<BR/><BR/>The way the government and medical colleges have limited the number of places in medical schools and Medicare Provider numbers means that we don't even have enough doctors in the city. Community Health Centres in inner city Melbourne can't fill positions. It Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com