‘I just needed a chance': from refugee to the heights of Australian medicine

After fleeing Vietnam by boat in 1981, a dishwashing job at St Vincent ’s hospital was Tuan Nguyen’s lucky breakTuan Nguyen ’s lucky break came in the form of a Mrs Ramsay, who cast an eye over his CV, and offered him a job washing dishes in St Vincent’s hospital kitchen.That was 1982, and Nguyen was a refugee, having fled communist persecution in his native Vietnam, and only days in the country.Continue reading...
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