Indigenous health workers deliver trusted medical care to outback communities
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Caleb Pigliafiori is a Mount Isa-based QAS Indigenous cadet.
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Young Indigenous healthcare workers in Queensland are following the footsteps of their family members and hope more of their generation will do the same, but one Mount Isa Indigenous doctor says the job is not a 9-to-5 commitment.
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More Indigenous healthcare workers are needed in regional and remote communities
A Mount Isa Indigenous doctor says the dedication of the next generation brings a tear to his eye
Caleb Pigliafiori, a Gangalidda Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander man, grew up in Mount Isa listening to his grandmother s, mother s and sister s stories of working in healthcare in the outback city.