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How was it possible? The newspaper story mentions how Dr. Patel was bringing half a million dollars a year into the Bundaberg hospital by doing esophageal surgeries. (Or is that "oesophageal?" Say what you will about American vs. Anglic spelling, our...

The New York Times newspaper had a front-page story summing up the Dr. Death case in the Sunday 19/6 issue. That's significant because the Times is the most important publication in the United States, the thing that opinion-makers read, with subscrib...

It is Au$120, which worked out to US$91 and change at the exchange rate in effect when the charge came through on my credit card in April. NSW only charges Au$50 for a licence. Your big surprise will come in December, though. Vic makes you pay for a ...

I don't have experience with those three, but I can tell you about my dealings with two others: Eden and Acclaim. The personnel there were personable, as all Australians are, but in the end they couldn't deliver. At both, I had pleasant e-mail exchan...

I'm a registered nurse working on moving from the United States to Australia. (Filed my nursing licence appo with NSW in December and got a job offer this week from a hospital Canberra after a telephone interview.) I'm chuffed (is that slang term dat...

As a Yank who was looing for work in Oz during the week when this story flared up, I was mighty embarrassed to see one of my countrymen blackening the name of U.S. medical workers. Just what we need, another fly-by-nighter who fled Down Under to do h...

Thanks again all for the advice. Just returned from two weeks Down Under. Managed to extract my Division 1 licence from the NSW board. When I rang them up they basically said "Well, as long as you're in town, we'll let you have it." Interviewed at a ...

I'm an RN from the U.S. who's trying what you're wanting to do. I've enquired at several agencies, but they've been flaky. I registered with one, Eden Health, and had a good e-mail exchange going with one of their recruiters. Like most Australians, s...

Looking over old posts on this old thread I don't see any mention of one possible cause of the sore hands -- latex medical gloves. I wash my hands so often at work that I could qualify as obsessive-compulsive. At times, especially in cold weather, th...

No offence meant -- that was a joke (hence the winking emoticon.) I thought Australians were perversely proud of their dangerous wildlife like redbacks, cone shells and box jellies, not to mention better-known sorts such as your 10-metre-long crocs. ...

Thank you for the primer on what to expect. I suppose that patients are patients no matter where in the world they are. There are only so many ways for the human body to malfunction, and that's going to happen more to old people than young ones. I wa...

I started working toward a masters with the University of Phoenix last spring while I was sidelined for four months with a broken hip (bicycle crash riding to work). I did some due diligence checking out UoP's rep. HR and bosses at my hospital had no...

Thank you for the information and perspectives. You seem to know a lot about agencies, particularly for someone listing themself as a "nail technician" among other things. You really have it "nailed" as the expression goes over here. So much new slan...

There's nothing wrong with having your own interest at heart. Self-interest is what makes capitalism work, and it's a basic survival trait of any organism. (Except ants and honeybees. But I'm going off on a tangent here...) My problem with recruitmen...

There's nothing wrong with having your own interest at heart. Self-interest is what makes capitalism work, and it's a basic survival trait of any organism. (Except ants and honeybees. But I'm going off on a tangent here...) My problem with recruitmen...

Maybe it's more like a state of mind...

One nice thing I notice about Australia, when reading these and other posts about which city/state is superior, is the FRIENDLY rivalry between regions. It's kind of like the good-natured razzing over sports teams and brands of beer. A lot of braggin...

Your replies do help. Many people do come over independently, eh? The nursing agencies I have been in touch with have not asked for any fees from me, but we're early in the relationship. They have to make money somehow to pay the nice RNs I've been c...

I'm a U.S.-born RN trying to move to Australia. I've downloaded the application for a 4-year working visa (too old by 1 year to qualify for the skilled immigrant program) and also have the form for a NSW nursing licence (I'm learning to spell it like...

Big Mac vs. Whopper Flame-broiled vs. Char-grilled French (not "freedom") fries vs. Onion rings French's vs. Gulden's Heinz vs. Del Monte A-1 vs. Heinz 57 Nathan's Famous vs. Hebrew National Bagels vs. Bialys Lox vs. Cream cheese A shmeer vs....

Abbott vs. Costello

Then how could there have been any debate? Everybody KNOWS that Star-bellied Sneetches are BETTER. I mean, get real!!!

Actually, that should be "Shalom vs. Salaam" rising from the 3,000-year-old question "Isaac vs. Ishmael" (Semites, help me out here!) Cain vs. Abel Noah vs. Flood Lot vs. Sodomites Moses vs. Pharoah Caananites vs. Israelites David vs. Goliath ...

Spy vs. Spy (Who reads Mad magazine?) Ford vs. Chevy Mustang vs. Camaro Beatles vs. Stones VHS vs. Betamax Godzilla vs. Rodan Tyson vs. Spinks Roe vs. Wade Hamilton vs. Burr (Final Jeopardy winner if you know that) Axis vs. Allies Bolshevik...

Mellow, you write some sensible stuff when you get off the topic of politics.