03 Nov 2009 08:00 PM
Energetic And Respected Rural Doctor Wins Coveted Award The Peter Graham 'Cohuna' Award 2009, Australia
One of Australia's most high profile and energetic rural doctors, Dr Peter Rischbieth, has been named the
winner of the prestigious ACRRM-RDAA Peter Graham 'Cohuna' Award for 2009.
The extremely dedicated rural doctor based in Murray Bridge, South Australia, is only the second recipient of the Award, which is presented jointly by the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) and the Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA). Dr Rischbieth received the Award at RDAA and ACRRM's Rural Medicine Australia 2009 conference, held in Melbourne over the weekend.
Dr Rischbieth is RDAA's immediate past-President, a past-President of the Rural Doctors Association of South Australia (RDASA), is now Vice President of RDASA, and has previously served as RDAA's representative on the ACRRM Board. He was also a key member of the South Australian Country Health Care Plan Taskforce.
Dr Rischbieth has been a rural GP obstetrician and anaesthetist at Bridge Clinic rural medical practice since 1987. He was, for many years, the Principal Medical Officer and Board Member of the Murray Bridge Soldiers Memorial Hospital. He recently made national headlines when he enlightened Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on the realities of life for rural doctors and their patients during Mr Rudd's visit to the Bridge Clinic rural medical practice (at which he is a partner) a few weeks ago, following RDAA's invitation to Mr Rudd to do so.
Colleagues describe Dr Rischbieth as well-respected and loved by hundreds of patients and families, and say he is now starting to deliver his second generation of local families. He has earned a well-deserved reputation of being available for his patients, the teaching and training of medical students and junior doctors, the media and the numerous organisations he represents. "When he was RDAA President, it was not unusual for Peter to be awake for much of the night delivering a baby at Murray Bridge, then fly to Canberra early the next morning to attend an important meeting around health policy- and all the while know in fine detail the issues being discussed, make a significant contribution to the discussion at hand, and still have a smile on his face at the end of a long day!" RDAA CEO, Steve Sant, said…
The extremely dedicated rural doctor based in Murray Bridge, South Australia, is only the second recipient of the Award, which is presented jointly by the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) and the Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA). Dr Rischbieth received the Award at RDAA and ACRRM's Rural Medicine Australia 2009 conference, held in Melbourne over the weekend.
Dr Rischbieth is RDAA's immediate past-President, a past-President of the Rural Doctors Association of South Australia (RDASA), is now Vice President of RDASA, and has previously served as RDAA's representative on the ACRRM Board. He was also a key member of the South Australian Country Health Care Plan Taskforce.
Dr Rischbieth has been a rural GP obstetrician and anaesthetist at Bridge Clinic rural medical practice since 1987. He was, for many years, the Principal Medical Officer and Board Member of the Murray Bridge Soldiers Memorial Hospital. He recently made national headlines when he enlightened Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on the realities of life for rural doctors and their patients during Mr Rudd's visit to the Bridge Clinic rural medical practice (at which he is a partner) a few weeks ago, following RDAA's invitation to Mr Rudd to do so.
Colleagues describe Dr Rischbieth as well-respected and loved by hundreds of patients and families, and say he is now starting to deliver his second generation of local families. He has earned a well-deserved reputation of being available for his patients, the teaching and training of medical students and junior doctors, the media and the numerous organisations he represents. "When he was RDAA President, it was not unusual for Peter to be awake for much of the night delivering a baby at Murray Bridge, then fly to Canberra early the next morning to attend an important meeting around health policy- and all the while know in fine detail the issues being discussed, make a significant contribution to the discussion at hand, and still have a smile on his face at the end of a long day!" RDAA CEO, Steve Sant, said…
