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There's been a critical spotlight on Australia's medical industry lately. Like gouging the medicare system or skirting regulations to profiteer off the insane d

There's been a critical spotlight on Australia's medical industry lately. Like gouging the medicare system or skirting regulations to profiteer off the insane demand for semiglutide weight loss drugs like Ozempic (couple of links below). If you were a young, idealistic doctor (or an experienced idealistic doctor) I could imagine feeling incredibly disheartened when you see this kind of thing going on around you. For the regulators I think the challenge they have is how to minimise the damage of the "bad" medical professionals (or weed them out of the system entirely) while not crushing the spirit of the good ones. I certainly don't know the answer. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-08/price-of-pain-doctors-medical-billing-investigation-four-corners/103675900 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-08/price-of-pain-doctors... https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-01/cowboy-pharmacist-behind-a-replica-ozempic-and-mounjaro-scam/103644794 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-01/cowboy-pharmacist-beh... Also not that it really changes anything but the linked article says it was written in 2024, though Dr Bryant's death was in 2017: https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/i-didnt-see-it-coming-wife-of-brisbane-doctor-writes-letter-about-his-suicide-20170511-gw2ef2.html https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/i-didnt...

robbiep 2y ago
The first things you talk about have nothing to do with the second things you talk about, but I can see how they can be lumped together. The truth is the medical sector in Australia is always under intense scrutiny, and rightly so. Currently the biggest systemic threat to our healthcare system (in my opinion) is underpayment/underinvestment in general practice which is having a critical effect on new trainees entering GP. Dr Levi is a well known Melbourne ENT surgeon who has been extensively involved in doctor wellbeing initiatives, including starting Socks for Docs day. It looks like he just discovered substack and has started writing - I am sure I have seen this exact essay from him previously, which is where we get the discordance of him talking about the 2017 death as though it happened last week.

robbiep 2y ago

The first things you talk about have nothing to do with the second things you talk about, but I can see how they can be lumped together. The truth is the medical sector in Australia is always under intense scrutiny, and rightly so. Currently the biggest systemic threat to our healthcare system (in my opinion) is underpayment/underinvestment in general practice which is having a critical effect on new trainees entering GP. Dr Levi is a well known Melbourne ENT surgeon who has been extensively involved in doctor wellbeing initiatives, including starting Socks for Docs day. It looks like he just discovered substack and has started writing - I am sure I have seen this exact essay from him previously, which is where we get the discordance of him talking about the 2017 death as though it happened last week.