Bartone on Sunday replaced Western Australian obstetrician Dr Michael Gannon in the role as head of the Australian Medical Association (AMA), telling delegates at the national conference in Canberra that “a GP president will send a message” to the health minister. Bartone said he would continue this insurance reform work, but that he believed that maintaining the private health industry was essential. A woman’s final Facebook message before euthanasia: ‘I’m ready for my trip now...’ Read moreBartone was serving as AMA vice president prior to being elected as twenty-fifth president of the organisation. Gannon aknowledged it was an issue the AMA had “an extremely poor record” on. “We try hard to encourage diversity of all different forms when it comes to AMA councils, but we need to do better,” he said.

Source: The Guardian May 27, 2018 04:52 UTC