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Aviation entrepreneur swoops in to purchase urgent-care centre
Monday 9 December 2024, 03:13 PM

There is currently no pharmacy or x-ray services at the MediCross after-hours centre [Image: Supplied]
It’s not often a stranger to general practice buys a clinic. Fiona Cassie talks to Shah Aslam, new owner of New Plymouth’s MediCross Urgent Care Doctors and GP Clinic, about his plans
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MediCross Urgent Care and GP Clinic has been purchased by aviation entrepreneur Shah Aslam.
The sale and subsequent rent increases, READ MORE
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