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Back to EpisodesThe immigrant doctors keeping New Zealand alive
Episode 1583
Published 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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An American doctor in Palmerston North says he can't think of a single ED doctor in his team who was born here. With about 70 percent of new registrations each year being overseas doctors, perhaps that shouldn't be surprising.
Anti-immigration sentiment is in the news again, but without foreign doctors, New Zealand's healthcare system 'would be more on our knees than we already are'