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Doctor crisis sparks community outrage
By JOHN RYAN STEVE and Kylie Tolmie welcomed a baby to the fold last week, a bison calf named Gypsy after one of Kylie’s granddaughters. The Tolmie’s run tours of their farm so you can get up close and personal with these giant and semi-legendary creatures. To find out more, see the full story inside this week’s edition of Dubbo Photo News.
By YVETTE AUBUSSON-FOLEY WELLINGTON’S health services were put under the spotlight at a massive public meeting on Tuesday night after revelations the town’s hospital lacked a 24-hour Visiting Medical Officer (VMO). A VMO is a medical practitioner in private practise who also provides medical services at a public hospital – they are not employed by the hospital but contracted by the Local Health District (LHD). The town’s health council chair Pip Smith said there were 285 signins for the meeting and she was happy with the strong and diverse attendance. She told the gathering that Wellington’s expanding energy sector, aged care, correctional facilities and increasing transient population working on projects such as wind and solar farms had put greater strain on local health services. Continued page 3
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