HEALS ON WHEELS

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HEALS ON WHEELS

Alan

Perrott

aperrott@nzdoctor.co.nz

Wednesday 3 August 2022, 04:56 PM

Juliet Tay, Lonah Fiaui, Thomas Swinburn and Rebecca Fenn

Team Te Iti Pounamu Hauora: GP Juliet Tay, healthcare assistant Lonah Fiaui, medical student Thomas Swinburn and nurse practitioner Rebecca Fenn [Image: NZD]

Alan Perrott hits the south Auckland suburbs in a ‘medical bus’ that is reaching the unenrolled, the homeless, the distressed and people who are forced by low income to endure untreated health problems

We’d just literally pulled out of the driveway when the police raided the house It’s a bitterly cold Wednesday morning outside the Ōtāra Kai Vill, Cover Photo outdoor treatment, The number of patients lining up for care meant Tom’s “nasty” leg infection had to be treated outdoors [Image: Aleisha Moore]

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