Published: October 09, 2021
The pandemic has increased pressure on rural and remote GPs struggling to find qualified doctors to take their place in the community
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It is nine o’clock at night when husband and wife GP team Dr Diana Coote and Dr Clement Gordon usually leave their doctor’s practice in Warialda, a small town in north-west New South Wales.
Both are in their late 60s and they are tired after 12 hours of managing a meticulous dance between the family practice, the local hospital and the town’s 35-bed nursing home.
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