DON Gillies, a South Gippsland local, started his career as a policeman in 1977 before transitioning to paramedics in 1982, where he stayed for 37 years before he was hit with debilitating post-traumatic stress.
“Even from the police days the seeds had been sown to develop into PTSD,” Don told the Sentinel-Times.
“In the 70s and 80s, even into the 90s, it was still very much suck it up, so...
