Canning Street Surgery has welcomed two new faces to its team, Doctors Amrit Basrai and Michelle Yue Yin recently moving from Canberra Hospital to continue their training in Bega.
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Both registrars are training to be general practitioners because they would like to practice continuity of care, building long term relationships with patients.
They said they found Bega to be a beautiful place, sharing an appreciation for the nature and coastlines and finding people to be friendly and warm towards them.
Dr Yue Yuin said the most important values in being a doctor were to be professional with a solid knowledge base, while treating your patients with respect and compassion.
"You need to listen to what they are expressing, listening to their concerns, their needs and what worries them, this is very important," she said.
Dr Yue Yuin moved to Australia 15 years ago after completing her Masters in China and then a PHD with ANU and has since had a range of different experiences in multiple wards in Canberra and Calvary Hospital before moving to Bega.
She has worked in the psychiatry ward, in acute care, intensive care units, chronic pain and in the medical program administration unit.
Dr Yue Yuin said her experience in acute care will help her as a GP in identifying when patients need intense care, knowing when to act.
She said with the diversity of patients coming in, exposing her to a range of health scenarios, she will become a better GP and a better person.
She also said she was thankful to the community for being so welcoming.
"I am thankful to patients trusting to put their health in my hands and I will put your concerns and wellbeing in my heart," Dr Yue Yuin said.
Dr Basrai arrived in Australia 11 years ago and started her first training in Bendigo Hospital, then worked in Sydney.
Dr Basrai said she found the Bega Valley to be very natural and refreshing in contrast to the pollution of big cities.
"I like being here, the people are warm and friendly and it is a beautiful place," Dr Basrai said.
Dr Basrai believed the main values a doctor should carry across to their patients were to be trustworthy and reliable.
She said that with the continuity of care found in general practice, patients develop a trusting relationship with their doctor who has gotten to know them over time.
Dr Basrai has also had a diverse range of experience from working in fast paced, busy hospitals in Sydney and Canberra as well as in rural hospitals in Bendigo.
She has worked in numerous wards including emergency department, obstetric and gynaecology departments, and geriatrics where she learnt how to address elderly health conditions and diseases. Dr Basrai also worked for a year in psychiatry.
