The fight for diverse doctors in Aotearoa | Sunday Investigates

For good health, you need good doctors. But those doctors should also reflect the population they serve. New research shows a lack of diversity among doctors leads to poorer health outcomes.
It is slowly improving thanks, in part, to long-standing admission schemes at our top medical schools. But some say they’re unfair, even discriminatory, and the government has promised to review them.
Mava Moayyed meets a young admission scheme medical student who’s overcome so much to serve her community.
Reporter: Mava Moayyed
Producer: Paul Deady
Cameras: Will Green, Rewi Heke
Editor: Bleddyn Parry
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