How good has this initiative been? This is an early May pic of...

How good has this initiative been?

This is an early May pic of Townsville's effort:

and said to be 98% complete. Looks exactly the same today. Unsurprisingly the holdup was perfectly predictable: Finding the staff.
So you must be treated by Mahatma or Mohammed [eventually] Smith and Jones need not apply.


Super clinic challenge over foreign doctor ban
TONY RAGGATT | May 10th, 2013


TOWNSVILLE'S $5 million GP Super Clinic has been hamstrung by refusing to allow overseas trained doctors to work in it.

The 1500sqm federally-funded clinic in Hermit Park is nearly completed but looks likely to stand vacant as not enough Australian doctors are available to man the facility.

Full article at:

http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2013/05/10/381085_news.html