GP's patients never walk alone.

Australian Doctor,  July, 2007  

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By Geraldine Kurukchi

DR Karla Raja is walking the walk to promote fitness to her patients at the Bayway Centre Surgery in Newcastle, NSW.

The active GP started a walking group with about 20 practice staff and patients earlier this year using a Just Walk It information kit provided by the NSW Heart Foundation. But she says the once leisurely 4km walk along the LakeMacquarie foreshore has become a competition between her patients, who are determined to post the fastest time.

And it seems regular local onlookers have also noticed the change, with many throwing Dr Raja the ...

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