No longer ‘a hamster on a wheel’: New Zealand doc ditches medicine for a truck

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No longer ‘a hamster on a wheel’: New Zealand doc ditches medicine for a truck
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He makes only one-third of what he used to as a doctor, but he said the career switch is all worth it.

Dr Jeffrey Harry Kai Fong now makes only one-third of what he used to as a doctor, but he says the move is all worth it.

In a twist of irony, he has found himself healthier and stronger now that he is no longer working as a doctor.“A lot of doctors I know are not very healthy and not good role models for their patients. They suggest that patients regularly exercise when they themselves are overweight and do not have the time to exercise.

Grateful to a kind general practitioner who used to treat his family without charge when he was a child, he decided to follow in the footsteps of his “hero” and studied general medicine at The University of Auckland School of Medicine. Dr Jeffrey Harry Kai Fong now works about just 40 hours in a typical week. PHOTO: COURTESY OF JEFFREY HARRY KAI FONGHe said driving allows him to relax his mind.

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