Whistleblower doctors call for inquiry into postcode care
Paediatrician Dr Kerrie MacDonald is one of five NSW doctors who exposed substandard care in outback hospitals as part of a Four Corners investigation in September
Five rural doctors are calling for health service managers to be held accountable for bad patient outcomes if doctors’ requests for more resources are ignored, according to ABC News.
The NSW doctors, who went public about unacceptable deaths due to substandard care outback in hospitals as part of a Four Corners investigation in September, have asked the state Minister for Health Brad Hazzard to set up an inquiry into “postcode disadvantage”.
