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