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Medical Access For All
22nd October 2009 -
Views: 738
Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Graeme Innes has called on the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) to ensure equality in access to medical care for people with a disability by making height adjustable examination beds mandatory in GP surgeries.
Media Alert- Health Reform Consults In Melbourne
22nd October 2009 -
Views: 710
Following the consultation forum, to which media is invited, Minister Snowdon will tour the Surgery and Endoscopy Unit of the hospital and inspect the building project: Austin Neuroscience Facility.
New Intensive Care Study Set To Change Clinical Practice: Study Co
22nd October 2009 -
Views: 670
The largest study of its kind has shown that aggressive continuous renal-replacement therapy, a type of dialysis designed to treat severe kidney failure in acutely ill patients in intensive care units (ICUs), does not improve the chances of survival.
Health Minister To Chair Surgeons' Debate
21st October 2009 -
Views: 732
Victorian Health Minister, the Hon. Daniel Andrews MP, will chair a debate on the need for surgeons to strike a balance between work and lifestyle, when surgeons gather in Lorne this week for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons’ Victorian Annual General Scientific and Fellowship Meeting (AGSFM).
50 Per Cent Of Injections Still Done With An Unsterile Syringe, Australian Study
20th October 2009 -
Views: 675
30 million needles and syringes distributed every year in Australia over the past decade have ensured that 97,000 hepatitis C infections have been averted, yet 50 per cent of all injections are still with an unsterile syringe, proof the system is failing Australians.
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