{"id":18374,"date":"2017-10-26T07:00:45","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T07:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themooraboolnews.com.au\/?p=1382"},"modified":"2024-02-02T17:00:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T06:00:31","slug":"doctor-commitment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/doctor-commitment\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor commitment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Jessica Howard <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Doctor David Llewellyn will continue to serve the Ballan community for another five years. <\/p>\n<p>The general practitioner started his full-time position at Ballan District Health and Care in 2012 after working part-time for a period of 18-months. <\/p>\n<p>A doctor for three decades, Dr Llewellyn started his medical journey as a student at Monash University in Melbourne. He spent his post-grad year in Ballarat, followed by Shepparton and Bendigo. <\/p>\n<p>He later moved on to the North Coast of New South Wales, where he spent 11-years working in procedural obstetrics and general practice.<br \/>\n\u201cI would have delivered around 150 babies per year up there,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was the head of obstetrics and I really did enjoy it, however my parents became unwell, so I moved back to Ballarat to be useful. It wasn\u2019t a simple decision to move, but it was definitely the correct one\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>Dr Llewellyn took on a position at Eureka Medical Centre in Ballarat, before moving to a part time role at Ballan District Health and Care.<br \/>\n\u201cI knew BDH&amp;C had enormous potential,\u201d he said.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis place is forever growing and you just have to look around to know that. We\u2019ve got a new hospital block, new allied health services and the new hydro pool, among other things. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis establishment is enormous and is predominately community funded, which shows how much the community wants it to be here\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>By 2022, Dr Llewellyn will have served the Ballan community for a decade. He said it was easy to stay in a community that he enjoyed.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMedical professionals often jump around, and five to ten years at the one practice can be unusual, but I am both personally and professionally happy here,\u201d he said.<br \/>\n\u201cBallan has a really good atmosphere, the people I work with and the patients I look after are likeable, they make you feel relevant, and that really makes a difference. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBDH&amp;C is also a very contemporary establishment that will only continue to get better over time. 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