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"There is a tide in the affairs of men.
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
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Geoffrey Edelsten is a medical entrepreneur who has been widely credited[1,2] with revolutionising general practice in Australia and commencing corporate medical practice, extended-hours medical centres, and championing bulk-billing in Australia when its introduction was controversial and divisive. Bulk-billing is the term used when a patient attends a general practitioner
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The Exhibition of Anatomy
University of Melbourne
Awarded to Geoffrey Edelsten on the 4th April, 1963
Bacteriology – First Class Honours
University of Melbourne
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Intern
During Edelsten’s intern year he showed his penchant for innovation and business by rostering his colleagues to provide relief (locum) work for surrounding private practices. Edelsten also commenced the first home visiting service in Melbourne. This was Melbourne’s first after-hours medical deputising service.