PANDEMIC HERO I’M THE Barbie doctor
Dr Kirby White, 38, Bendigo, Vic
Sifting through our supply closet, I felt a sense of panic. How can we be running out of gowns already? I thought, frustrated.
It was March 2020, just weeks into the COVID-19 pandemic, and my newly opened medical practice in Bendigo, Victoria – a joint venture with Dr Nicole Lowe – was feeling the strain.
Like many other rural GPs and hospitals, we were fast running out of personal protective equipment (PPE), such as
