Dec. 21, 2013, midnight

A MEDICAL school was needed on the Border to retain vital skills in the region, according to Charles Sturt University chancellor Lawrence Willett.

A MEDICAL school was needed on the Border to retain vital skills in the region, according to Charles Sturt University chancellor Lawrence Willett.

Mr Willett yesterday said it was outrageous that CSU still lacked a medical faculty.

He said very few of the students who went to Melbourne or Sydney for medical training ever returned.

At the same time, that CSU students in other fields such as physiotherapy or nursing often stayed working in rural or regional areas.

The problem with training people in metropolitan areas is they find partners there or the like, he said.

A lot of them never come back.

If you train people in the country, you get a better retention rate.

Mr Willett made the comments after yesterdays Faculty of Science graduation ceremony his last before retiring next December.

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