COVID-19: Regional GPs fight the good fight
The COVID-19 global pandemic has meant a lot of changes for workers the world over, none more so than those in healthcare.
The general practitioners, practice nurses and administration staff of two Murrumbidgee general practices have accepted their role in the fight against the coronavirus like soldiers going to battle.
In fact, that’s exactly the mentality Dr Thevashangar (Theva) Vasuthevan adopted when his practice – Your Health Griffith – took on a Commonwealth-funded contract to run a COVID-19 testing and respiratory clinic.
A life of courage and coping
For many people, it’s hard to image what it’s like to live in a refugee camp. It’s even harder to imagine life in a war zone.
But for Constance Okot, war was the backdrop to her childhood and she spent more than a decade in an overcrowded and prison-like refugee camp in Kenya.
Constance has experienced and witnessed unspeakable acts and survived against the odds. Her inspiring resilience and courage have helped her face the ongoing emotional and mental health issues she still battles 15 years after finding refuge in Wagga Wagga.