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Cancer patient forced to move to Australia for treatment plans to become doctor

Cancer patient forced to move to Australia for treatment plans to become doctor

Update: 2025-10-21
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A young blood cancer patient who's moved to Australia to access treatment that's not funded in Aotearoa plans to become a doctor so he can give back to his adopted country. Toby Fuller exhausted all the funded treatment in New Zealand, and in February moved to Australia while he was well enough. While Nic Vi-pond who also has the blood cancer myeloma is struggling to pay for Dara here in New Zealand. She's sold her Hamilton house and in a few weeks will make the leap across the ditch to start navigating the system that Toby's already mastered. Toby Fuller and Nic Vi-pond spoke to Lisa Owen.
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Cancer patient forced to move to Australia for treatment plans to become doctor

Cancer patient forced to move to Australia for treatment plans to become doctor