Each year, the Australian Rural Doctors network recognises rural GPs who have achieved 35 plus years of service to remote, rural and regional communities in NSW.
Local GP, Dr Marc Heyning, was presented with this award for recognition of his service to the township of Brunswick Heads and surrounding areas.
Dr Heyning commenced work at Brunswick Heads Medical Centre in 1988, and has been the principal GP there for 37 years.
In 2023, Dr Heyning received a Distinguished Service Award from the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine.
He now continues to provide service to the community as one of the few doctors in the Northern Rivers who provides obstetrics care and counselling and medical advice for Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD).
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