‘Medicine as Hippocrates meant it’: Melbourne Greek doctor celebrates 40 years of service

Coming from a poor family, he thought he wouldn’t become a doctor. Fast forward to today, meet Emergency physician and Melbourne University Fellow Dr Stefan Herodotou

Dr Stefan Herodotou celebrates 40 years at Melbourne's Northern Health Source: Stefan Herodotou

Dr Stefan Herodotou is celebrating 40 years at Northern Health hospital.

And his commitment to practice medicine, “as the art Hippocrates meant it to be” hasn’t changed.

For the past few months, he has been fighting the pandemic at the frontline.

We asked him if he feels any fear when treating COVID-19 patients. Here’s what he had to say.

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Αυτός είναι ο ομογενής γιατρός Μελβούρνης που «έκλεισε» 40 χρόνια στα επείγοντα

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