``I would find it hard to believe you would find any GP like Dr Ahmed who could improve my quality of life any further,'' he said.

Mr Lindsay, who lives at Liverpool, was battling a long list of medical problems, and his condition was getting worse.

After feeling frustrated by doctors ``just writing a script and signing a Medicare form'', he found Dr Ahmed.

During their first consultation, Dr Ahmed went through Mr Lindsay's whole medical history and found things he said no doctor had found.

``At last I found a doctor who cared more for me as a patient than just my Medicare number,'' he said.

Dr Ahmed came to Australia from Bangladesh, where she specialised in gynaecology and obstetrics.

While working in the emergency ward of the Royal Prince Alfred hospital, she heard a patient ask for ``my doctor''.

``I wanted to be somebody's `my doctor','' she said. So she left her specialist career behind and became a general practitioner.

She worked at Hammondville and now works at Chester Hill, but her Liverpool patients have followed her.

They will tell you that what sets Dr Ahmed apart is her commitment to her patients. She makes home visits in her time off, works well beyond a normal nine-to-five day, and ensures she fully explains diagnoses, treatments and medical expectations with her patients.

She believes more GPs would make home visits if there were more incentive to do so.

``If the government remunerates GPs a little bit better, then their practice will change,'' she said. ``You have to build a relationship with the patients.

``I would only visit regular patients. Home visits are not risk-free.''

Australian Doctor magazine said three-quarters of GPs are not providing home visits to their patients, according to data collected from the practice records of almost 2000 doctors.