“I went there wanting to be a vet, idolising Doctor Chris Brown the Bondi Vet, and I came back wanting to do something in the human health field,” Vid said. “I felt that animals were amazing and needed to be cared for, but there were humans in rural communities everywhere who had poorer access to healthcare than even animals did in cities. Which was very shocking to me.
“I wondered how migrant living in Sydney, could have better healthcare than the traditional custodians of the land and the people living and working in rural and remote areas who keep the country running.”
He didn’t think he was ‘smart enough’ to be a doctor so he decided to become a physio. Then, a couple of years into his degree at JCU in Townsville, he realised his true calling was to be a rural doctor. He switched to medicine, completed placements in Palm Island, Collinsville, Broome, Thursday Island and Emerald.
At his first RDAQ conference in 2018 he was sponsored by rural legend Dr Chester Wilson who became his medical mentor and friend.
His love of all things rural grew and Vid is now enjoying being a Rural Generalist Pathway intern doing his placement at Mt Isa Hospital.
Rural Doctors Foundation is proud to be part of his story – even if in a small way!
