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'Propeller vs forearm, croc vs leg': The incredible job of a remote bush doctor

Published: May 4, 2026

Duration: 53:19

Specialist rural doctor, Damien Brown on dramatic rescues, slow interventions and the cases that moved him, including attending to two badly burnt men after a fuel tank exploded on a remote Queensland cattle station.

As a young boy in South Africa, Damien Brown was always interested in science and medicine.

His neighbour, the local veterinarian, would let him observe surgery in the workshop, so it was predictable that Damien would end up as a medical doctor.

After his parents moved the family to Australia, the call to help others drew Damien back to...