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Jonny's avatar

Truly awful what has happened to our health care system, this sums up my experience of the last 25years, production line health, lovely to hear from a doc who has a heart felt interest in his patients care, just so heartening ,thanks for a great interview

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zeb11's avatar

Correct, I gave up my nursing career just over 25 yrs ago for that reason.

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Angela Isbell's avatar

I’ve been a nurse and worked in hospitals for over thirty years. I’m deeply disappointed in our “health” “care” system. It’s assembly line and conveyor belt “service”. The powers that be won’t hire adequate staff and they won’t take accountability for the decisions they make or the consequences that follow.

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Brian's avatar

WOW! Compare this man with a doctor in our local hospital in Qld. My wife of 64 years was very ill and we were not getting answers. Following yet ANOTHER scan in the morning, our 3 daughters and myself waited with her until 9.30 pm hoping to hear a result. The nurse said he won't be here tonight so come in before 8.30 tomorrow morning when he will begin his rounds near here. We went in at 8 am to find that he had come to visit her at 10 pm to tell her she was full of cancer and because of the state of her health, there was nothing they could do to help her. The end would be sooner rather than later. An 83 year unwell old woman trying to get some sleep to be told in that way sums up the sensitivity of public "health" in Australia. She passed away 28 days later.

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Michael Gray Griffith's avatar

Like isn't the button i wanted to press. Horrendous

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Katherine's avatar

Reason (for my, anyway) #137 for why I hate allopathic medicine. I am so incredibly sad that you and your family were treated like that, Brian...but I am not surprised. Many blessings to all of you.

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Brian's avatar

I could write a list of jaw dropping events along the way. Just unbelievably so impersonal and thoughtless events. All done by kind and polite health workers but totally without real depth or understanding of what they were actually doing.

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Katherine's avatar

What a nightmare. Your third sentence, about the healthcare workers being clueless about the big picture, is spot-on, everything and everyone so myopic and compartmentalized. If you ever decide to write it all down and possibly share on a Substack, I'm all eyes. Very best to you, Brian.

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Brian's avatar

I'd like to share my wife's horrific health journey Katherine but I'm 87 and not very tech savvy and don't know about Substack. Thanks for your good wishes.B

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Sylvia Cook's avatar

Wish I had you for my doctor

I don’t go to doctors

I don’t trust them

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Chris Burrett's avatar

Yes, I am the same! I gave up going to doctors about 5 years ago and have absolutely no trust in them.

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Kevin Trye's avatar

One of my favourite NZ Doctors.

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Jane varey's avatar

Wonderful podcast wonderful GP, how they used to be when I was a child , mm. Home visits sat at the kitchen table .. .

I've been a practising Homeopath for nearly twenty years and this is his it' is for us sitting chatting , the Homeopathic conversation making links between body and soul , symptoms and their root cause .

What the mind Suppresses the body expresses

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Christine Mckinlay's avatar

This was a beautiful interview. If only there were more doctors like Robin!

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Roc Findlay's avatar

No hugs thanks, they might have a jabber in their hand.

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Sylvia Cook's avatar

❤️🙏😀👍😘🇦🇺🥰listened to your song again

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Sylvia Cook's avatar

Love ❤️ this song

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Poppy's avatar

Loved the ending song, really beautiful, thank you 😊 ❤

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Anthea Falkiner's avatar

Beautiful soulful song, a representation of our times.

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Geoffrey Newton's avatar

The Merck Manual is going into AI to replace doctors! Truly scary!

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Jonny's avatar

Sorry to hear, a pity as it is people like you humanity so desperately needs Id say , take care

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Jane varey's avatar

I'm I the only person that's not able to listen to a lot of TRUTH CONTENT ON SYBSTACK THESE PAST FEW WEEKS. I TRY SHARING AND RE OPENING BUT TO NO AVAIL.....

ANY SUGGESTIONS GRATEFULLY RECEIVED

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Sia's avatar

Great to hear from a good Doctor.. Bless. To heal you need to address all the levels, body, mind and soul.

I've gotten hugs from my osteo, chiro, kinesiologist, Chinese Dr, naturopath, Ayurvedic Dr, colon hydrotherapist, never from a GP Dr Healers Hug!! 🤗🙏🏽💜

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