Gordon, thankyou for this excellent piece. In my country Australia, about 50 years ago we once had a local community clinic. It was conveniently located alongside the local shopping centre. It was also adjacent to the kindergarten. It was staffed mainly by nurses, with one or two doctors. New mothers would take their babies there for advice, their babies would be appropriately inoculated, and issued with a local healthy card. Most routine whole of life health issues were treated there quickly, and were free or low cost for local people. Sadly, this is no longer the case. I blame capitalists.
Gordon, thankyou for this excellent piece. In my country Australia, about 50 years ago we once had a local community clinic. It was conveniently located alongside the local shopping centre. It was also adjacent to the kindergarten. It was staffed mainly by nurses, with one or two doctors. New mothers would take their babies there for advice, their babies would be appropriately inoculated, and issued with a local healthy card. Most routine whole of life health issues were treated there quickly, and were free or low cost for local people. Sadly, this is no longer the case. I blame capitalists.