'Doctors are terrified': Staff at regional TriStar clinics waiting weeks, months for pay

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The TriStar Medical Group's chain of 50 clinics across regional Australia has been under significant financial stress for 18 months resulting in doctors often not being paid.

A chain of 50 medical clinics across regional Australia has been under"significant financial stress for 18 months" resulting in doctors, some on temporary working visas, often not being paid for weeks or months.TriStar's managing director wrote to staff in May saying the business"had been in a period of significant financial stress for 18 months"

A letter to staff in May from the managing director for Tristar, Dr Khaled El-Sheikh, said the business"had been in a period of significant financial stress for 18 months". "I have been busy working behind the scene to source long-term solutions and can confirm that we are close to a financial position that will see us put the current situation to rest," Dr El-Sheikh said in the statement.In June, Melbourne-based engineering and contracting company Mabanco Pty Ltd took Dr El-Sheikh to the Supreme Court requesting to wind-up the company, meaning it was chasing the company for unpaid debts.

 

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