Paul Smith

1 week ago | ausdoc.com.au | Paul Smith

Last month, we were sent a joint media release from the Medical Board of Australia and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. In terms of content, it was almost avant-garde in the way it explored the complex interplay between meaning and reality. × If this is your first visit to the new AusDoc website, reset your password here.

1 week ago | ausdoc.com.au | Paul Smith

“If you’re thinking about making a change to your healthcare system, before you make that decision, ask yourself one question first.” “Does America do that thing? × If this is your first visit to the new AusDoc website, reset your password here. Remember MeForgot Password?

2 weeks ago | ausdoc.com.au | Paul Smith

“Forgive me, Mum. This is the path I chose — to help people.” When Rifaat Radwan utters these words, he has minutes to live. × If this is your first visit to the new AusDoc website, reset your password here. Remember MeForgot Password?

2 weeks ago | ausdoc.com.au | Paul Smith

“We believe it is best for the patients, staff and the Northern Beaches community that [the hospital] is returned to NSW Health if that is the government’s preferred outcome.”  This is the boss of the private hospital provider Healthscope, Tino La Spina, announcing his desire to end a healthcare experiment 10 years in the making. × If this is your first visit to the new AusDoc website, reset your password here.

3 weeks ago | ausdoc.com.au | Paul Smith

Dr Mohammed Mustafa’s medical mission to Gaza became so dangerous that the aid organisation that sent him prepared for the unthinkable — and drafted a media release in the event of his death. The trainee emergency physician, who survived five weeks working at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, had arrived a few days before the fragile ceasefire was shattered by Israeli airstrikes on 18 March.