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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Natasha May Health reporter

NSW doctors embrace ‘marshmellow’ moniker to highlight ‘catastrophic situation’ in public hospitals

doctors protest outside newcastle hospital holding signs saying 'soft marshmellows strike the hardest', 'marshmellows burnt out', 'marshmellows ready to strike' and 'ready to strike!'
Australian Salaried Medical Officers’ Federation members stage a protest outside Newcastle’s John Hunter hospital, flagging possible strike action after an email sent by the Hunter New England local health district seemingly dismissed staff concerns. Photograph: Australian Salaried Medical Officers’ Federation/Supplied

If you were to walk into a New South Wales hospital over the past week, you might have seen doctors bringing marshmallows to work, or perhaps cartoon images of the anthropomorphised gelatinous sweet with a stethoscope and white lab coat upon their break-room walls.

Thousands of doctors across the state have embraced calling themselves “clinical marshmellows [sic]” after a medical administration manager at the Hunter New England local health district called junior doctors the moniker in an email stuff-up.

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