Charles Sturt University Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Ian Goulter, today welcomed the formal public support of the NSW Labor Government for the establishment of a new medical school in rural NSW.The Deputy Premier and Minister for Health, The Hon. Carmel Tebbutt, has written to the University formally conveying the support of the NSW Labor Government for the establishment of a medical school in Orange and an Integrated Primary Health Care Centre in Bathurst.
“This is an important step in the process of establishing the first rurally based medical school in NSW,” said Professor Goulter.
“While we have received the full support of our Area Health Services across inland NSW, this will demonstrate to the Commonwealth that this initiative has the backing of the NSW Government as a whole.
“While Australians are aware of the chronic shortage of doctors in this country, the reality is that the situation in NSW is far worse than the national average.
“Every year, 4 600 rural Australians die unnecessarily because there is a lack of doctors and other health professionals in our communities.
“That’s the equivalent of an interstate jet aircraft crashing in Sydney every two weeks and killing everyone on board.
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