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Foreign-trained doctors sustain NZ’s health system – we weren’t always so welcoming

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Without immigrant doctors, one expert quoted in a recent report said, New Zealand’s health system “would be more on our knees than we already are”.

According to a survey by the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, over 43% of New Zealand doctors are trained overseas, the highest proportion in the developed...

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