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Migrants call for better processes for international health workers amid dentist shortage

Shaily Sharma is proud of how far her family has come since she first arrived in Australia. (ABC Capricornia: Jasmine Hines)

Dentist Shaily Sharma spent years struggling to make ends meet when she moved to central Queensland from India, despite a decade of study and practical work in her home country. 

"I was making and cooking meals from home and delivering it to people's houses, my husband was working in a shop and he wasn't getting enough work," Dr Sharma said.

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