A rural Bay of Plenty town is struggling so much to attract doctors, that its only GP is flying in unvaccinated South Island locums who can't find work elsewhere.
Bernard Conlon is currently the sole doctor at Murupara Medical Centre, and says he can't get anyone from the region to come and work in the isolated town.
Checkpoint's Tom Taylor reports.
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