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Daily Archives: 16 April 2025

From refugee to respected GP and business leader: Dr Van Nguyen’s journey of resilience and impact

GPRA, NewsBy GPRA Web16 April 2025

Dr Van Nguyen, or Dr Van as he is affectionately known, came to Australia from Vietnam in 1981 and couldn’t speak a word of English. Forward 44 years, and Dr Van is now CEO and working clinician at Dyvest Health Care, a group of 16 medical centres servicing communities across Sydney, with more than one million patient consults a year made by nearly 200 GPs.

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