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2002
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AMA Victoria welcomes announcement of new Health Minister
04/12/2002AMA Victoria has welcomed this morning’s announcement that the Honourable Bronwyn Pike will take on the demanding portfolio of Health, replacing outgoing Minister John Thwaites who has been moved to a new super portfolio encompassing environment and...
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Mental Health Policy: A positive beginning in Helping to solve a State-wide problem
28/11/2002AMA Victoria President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, today welcomed the Labor promise of an extra $105 million dollars (over 4 years) for mental health services saying that it showed signs of an increasing awareness of the urgent need to fix a system that was becoming...
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AMA Victoria Council calls for open disclosure policy on safe drinking water
27/11/2002AMA Victoria Council met last night and recommended that the Board of AMA Victoria call on the State Government to ensure all households have access to a drinking water supply and to be reassured that is it, in fact, safe. AMA Victoria Spokesman for Environment...
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Tort Law Reform must be political priority as Victorians head to polls
26/11/2002Both the Labor and Liberal party must promise to make tort law reform a chief priority in the next term of Government to stop the impending crisis in the availability of health services in Victoria . AMA Victoria President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, has warned...
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Victorian doctors vote to accept government package
25/10/2002A meeting of Hospital Delegates representing Victorian doctors has voted unanimously to accept a fully government funded package agreed between public hospital employers and AMA Victoria. The agreement, including recognition of un-rostered overtime and a 12%...
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AMA Victoria calls on Government to fix insurance crisis
10/10/2002The President of AMA Victoria, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, today called on the Government to take further action to fix the current medical indemnity crisis. “Current Government actions are totally inadequate to relieve the burden of uncertainty and escalating...
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General Meeting of Medical Staff – A Huge Success
20/09/2002At today’s General Meeting held at AMA House, over 300 Doctors from metropolitan hospitals demonstrated full backing for AMA Victoria to progress the 2002 Medical Remuneration Review. Dr Kerryn Phelps – President, Federal AMA, called on the Government...
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AMA Victoria calls for urgent action on Public hospital working conditions
19/09/2002AMA Victoria has warned of an impending crisis in the state’s public hospitals should the government refuse to support a package of initiatives to make public hospital medical practice more attractive. Doctors representing Melbourne’s major hospitals...
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AMA Victoria calls for urgent action on Goulburn Valley working conditions
17/09/2002President of the AMA Victoria Doctors-in-Training Subdivision, Dr Joseph Sgroi has warned of an impending public health crisis in the Goulburn Valley region should no efforts be made to remedy hospital working conditions for Victorian doctors. Dr Sgroi said...
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Government Action Required to Ensure Victorians have Access to Essential Medical Services
02/09/2002AMA Victoria President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, today called on the Victorian Government to show its commitment to ensuring continuing availability of medical services for Victorians by implementing a comprehensive tort law reform package. Releasing the results...
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We must protect DITs
10/08/2002The latest set of advertisements for hospital medical officer positions will recruit a group known in the Australian Medical Association (AMA) as the Doctors in Training (DIT). Newly graduated medical students entering the public hospital system are exposed...
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Victorian's hit hard as bulk billing plunges
26/07/2002New Health Department figures show Victorian bulk-billing is in a tailspin with many doctors abandoning the system in the state’s regional areas. Patients in central northern Victoria are hardest hit with only 37.2 per cent of doctor visits bulk billed,...
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AMA presents tobacco prize to Victoria
31/05/2002AMA Victoria President, Mukesh Haikerwal, handed over the first prize in the AMA/ACOSH National Tobacco Scoreboard to Victorian Minister for Health, John Thwaites, today. Victoria topped the scoreboard for the first time since the award’s inception in...
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AMA Victoria elections
15/05/2002Dr Catherine Duncan, an obstetrician and gynaecologist, was elected as an AMA Victoria Vice-President last night, and AMA Victoria President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, was returned for a second term. Dr Duncan, who practises privately, is a graduate of Monash University...
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Budget addresses key health issues
07/05/2002AMA Victoria President, Mukesh Haikerwal, has acknowledged the Government’s efforts in today’s state budget, in which it is making progress in the key issues in the health care system. "AMA Victoria made a pre-budget submission to the Government...
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Gambling ban the right decision
15/04/2002The Victorian Government’s decision to proceed with a full ban on smoking in most gaming venues was welcomed by AMA Victoria President, Mukesh Haikerwal, today. "Exposure to smoke is a public health and safety issue. The only way to ensure people...
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Doctors begin hospital negotiations
22/03/2002Victorian hospital doctors have begun preparing for upcoming negotiations on pay and working conditions, with a meeting of more than 100 junior doctors held at AMA Victoria this week. Doctors who attended the meeting were angry about poor compliance by public...
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Existing antibiotics still help most patients
28/02/2002AMA Victoria President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, today reassured Victorians that most bacterial infections could be treated with established antibiotics and there was no need for patients to request new antibiotics being promoted through the media. "Some...
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AMA turns green
27/02/2002AMA Victoria’s Council decided last night to support efforts to highlight the link between the health of our physical environment and public health. Chair of the Victoria Council, Dr Mark Yates, said doctors had an important role to play in the debate...
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Equipment problems in Victorian hospitals
21/02/2002Victorian hospitals need a dramatic increase in funding to ensure their medical equipment is comparable to other Australian hospitals, AMA Victoria President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, claimed today. "Victoria’s investment in assets and medical equipment...
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