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2001
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Call for action on hospital access
07/12/2001AMA Victoria President, Mukesh Haikerwal, and Executive Director of the Council on the Ageing Australia, Denys Correll, today called on the new Minister for Health, Kay Patterson, and private hospitals and health insurers to ensure equity of access to beds...
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Private Hospital access fears confirmed
07/12/2001AMA Victoria President, Mukesh Haikerwal, today released the results of a survey of doctors, which confirm fears that certain patients have difficulty gaining access to private hospitals when they need to. "Of the 520 doctors who responded to our fax-back...
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Public hospital strain set to continue
31/10/2001AMA Victoria President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, said today the funding promises to date from the Liberal and Labor parties will do little to ease the strain in Victorian public hospitals. "Victorians will continue to suffer long waiting times for public...
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ALP policy will increase public hospital budget by 1%
24/10/2001AMA Victoria President, Mukesh Haikerwal, has welcomed the ALP’s commitment to public hospitals, but said the money announced will only increase the budget spent on public hospitals in Victoria by 1%. "The spending increase announced by the ALP...
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Aged care bed numbers: electorate by electorate
29/09/2001AMA Victoria has released information today which details the availability of aged care beds in each Victorian electorate, compared to national benchmarks. AMA Victoria aged care spokesperson, Dr Mark Yates, said while it was acknowledged that Victoria had...
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More drugs funding must be well targeted
26/09/2001AMA Victoria President, Mukesh Haikerwal, has welcomed the state government’s commitment to a drug prevention and treatment strategy, but is concerned about the likely success of some of the specific initiatives. "Everyone acknowledges that more...
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Waiting lists only half the story
21/09/2001The drop in the elective surgery waiting list numbers announced by the state government today is good news, but is only half the story, AMA Victoria President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal said today. "News of a drop in the number of people on the elective surgery...
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Victorians mourn passing of Puggy Hunter
05/09/2001The Rural Workforce Agency of Victoria and Australian Medical Association Victoria, have expressed their grief about the death of the Chair of the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, Dr Arnold (Puggy) Hunter. CEO of RWAV, Dr Jane...
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Smoking bans good, but let's go further
27/06/2001AMA Victoria President, Mukesh Haikerwal, today welcomed the new Victorian government bans on smoking in dining areas, but warned the restrictions needed to go further. "AMA Victoria voted in 1997 to support a ban on smoking in all enclosed public places,...
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Government red tape restricts young doctors
15/06/2001Doctor-in-training and AMA Victoria Vice-President Dr Chris Merry, said today that changes proposed by the Health Minister Dr Michael Wooldridge in the Health Legislation Amendment (Medical Practitioners’ Qualifications and Other Measures) Bill, will...
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Medical experts debate life and death issues
23/05/2001AMA Victoria has pulled together some of the leading lights in the medical and legal fields to participate in a hypothetical exploring the place of medicine in the debate about quality of life versus quantity of life. The hypothetical, to be moderated by well-known...
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Western Suburbs GP New AMA Victoria President
16/05/2001AMA Victoria’s new President is Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, an Altona GP, who was elected unopposed to the position last night at a Special AMA Victoria Council Meeting. Dr Haikerwal has been a Vice-President of AMA Victoria for the past three years and has...
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AMA calls for $600 million injection
20/03/2001AMA Victoria has called for an increase of $600 million in funding for the public health sector in its submission to the state budget process, AMA Victoria President, Dr Michael Sedgley said today. "Our hospital staff are finding it increasingly difficult...
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Doctors help even more quitters
08/02/2001Doctors are at the frontline in helping people quit smoking, according to the latest QUIT Evaluation Study. The Study found that more doctors are helping their patients to quit smoking by providing information and advice about quitting. This is a significant...
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