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Some people are receiving serious diagnoses later than they should due to the doctor shortage in regional Victoria, an expert says. (Pixabay)

People in western Victoria are being diagnosed with serious illnesses later, and sometimes too late to save their lives, because of the region's medical workers' shortage, the Rural Doctors Association of Australia president Megan Belot says.