{"id":69169,"date":"2020-06-07T22:00:30","date_gmt":"2020-06-07T12:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=69169"},"modified":"2020-06-07T21:22:53","modified_gmt":"2020-06-07T11:22:53","slug":"good-medicine-and-care-for-the-community-queens-birthday-honours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/good-medicine-and-care-for-the-community-queens-birthday-honours\/","title":{"rendered":"Good medicine and care for the community – Queen’s Birthday honours"},"content":{"rendered":"

FIFTY-years ago Dr Brian Hassett came to Ballarat as resident at the Base Hospital, he liked it so much he stayed forever.<\/p>\n

From 1971 to 2017 Dr Hassett was a GP and partner at the Sturt Street West General Practice. He\u2019s been there for our community in the good times and provided care and support during life\u2019s most challenging moments.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou see a lot of generations and it\u2019s a really pleasing part of general practice,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt med school I always wanted to be in general practice, it appealed to me. Ballarat was good training, it still is good training, but it was excellent in those days.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like many professionals who are on this year\u2019s Queen\u2019s Birthday honours list<\/a>, Dr Hassett has been nominated for more than just doing his job.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s had a long involvement in supporting many communities, whether it\u2019s over 20 years on the board of Ballarat Health Service, team doctor for the North Ballarat Roosters during the club\u2019s VFL stint, or supporting professional development of his peers through the Royal Australian Collage of General Practitioners.<\/p>\n

Dr Hassett said his involvement was due in part to the community around him.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about the people you meet,\u201d he said. \u00a0\u201cThere are great people in Ballarat, not just in medicine but across the board. In medical areas there are leaders, in sport there are leaders, and in education there are leaders.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt evolved because of my exposure to those sorts of people. They encourage you to look at doing things, and then you start to think, \u2018Awww yeah\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy wife was very tolerant.\u201d<\/p>\n

On receiving a Medal of the Order of Australia, Dr Hassett was humble.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t expect these things,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a pleasure when it happens and certainly to be recognised by the community is an honour.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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