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Ravensthorpe doctor believes 'rural generalist hub' could help improve remote health care, avoid burnout

Michael Livingston has worked as a doctor in Ravensthorpe and surrounds for seven years. (ABC Esperance: Emily Smith)

Fed up with knocking on politicians' doors with ideas to fix remote health care, Michael Livingston has decided to take on the task himself. 

The doctor has worked in Ravensthorpe, a farming and mining town of about 2,000 people six hours' drive south-east of Perth, for seven years, running five private GP clinics in surrounding communities and contracting to the local hospital. 

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