Jingying Jazmin Woo said she was now desperately looking for another job.
She was on a sponsored five-year visa with the clinic and the visa still had just over three years to run.
"Initially, I’m just crying and upset and still shocked and very confused to try to figure out what’s happened," the 28-year-old said.
She had been trying without luck to find work at another practice.
As of Sunday she had not been in touch with immigration authorities — "I’m not sure what’s the right procedures during this time because it’s near Christmas" — but she hoped another accredited employer could sponsor her, she said.
"I feel very sorry for all the patients because it happened so sudden, and even [last Friday] I still got a call from my patient saying, ‘Hey, Jaz, what happened with Queenstown Health?"’
Liquidator Bryan Williams, in his first report a week after he was appointed on November 21, said he had been in "interactive communication" with Queenstown Health owner Cole Mackie for about six weeks before his appointment.
"The communications were always confined to the illiquidity and insolvency of the company and the options available ... in the situation it found itself in.
"As matters evolved, the shareholder elected to appoint me as the liquidator."
Summarising the reasons for the company’s failure, he said Mr Mackie had recorded declining sales and increased costs had resulted in trading losses.
"In addition, the director advises that continued trading has proved to be difficult, resulting from issues with staffing and contractors as well as manifest tension between the current and previous business owner."
It is understood Mr Mackie trespassed former owner Neki Patel, the clinic’s landlord, early last month.
"The director adds that potential exposure to unforeseen legal action had a debilitating effect on the company’s performance.
"As a result of those factors, and the inability to contribute further capital to the company’s insolvent circumstance, the shareholder elected to appoint a liquidator to finalise the affairs of the company in an independent manner."
The provisional statement of financial position, as at November 21, showed an estimated deficit of $160,425.90.
Creditors were required to make their claim, and establish any priority, by January 9, it said.
