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Summer water safety precautions
31/12/200931 December 2009. Doctors today urged Victorians to be vigilant while enjoying the state’s beaches, lakes, pools and rivers this summer and to take particular care while swimming in unknown waterways. AMA Victoria President Dr Harry Hemley said the state’s...
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Put better health on resolutions list
31/12/200930 December 2009. AMA Victoria President Dr Harry Hemley is urging Victorians to improve their health in 2010 and stick to new year’s resolutions to stay healthier for longer. "The new year is a good time to evaluate your health and stop or reduce...
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Doctors call for new tobacco levy
28/12/200928 December 2009. AMA Victoria today called on the State Government to introduce a new tobacco transaction levy which could see the price of cigarettes rise to $20 a pack and reduce the availability of tobacco for children and people wanting to quit. The proposed...
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Drink safely this Christmas
23/12/200923 December 2009. Doctors today urged Victorians to consume alcohol responsibly this festive season to avoid the risk of becoming another statistic of alcohol-related injury or disease. "It is going to be a long, hot summer and we just want to remind...
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Drive safely this festive season
22/12/200922 December 2009. AMA Victoria President Dr Harry Hemley today urged Victorians to drive safely this holiday season and take extra care on highways and country roads. "Victoria’s road accident death toll is currently five per cent lower than last...
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Doctors welcome Box Hill Hospital bed increase
09/12/200909 December 2009. AMA Victoria welcomed the Brumby Government’s announcement today to ease waits for emergency care and elective surgery at Box Hill Hospital by adding more than one hundred extra hospital beds as part of a five year redevelopment. The...
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Cure needed (Geelong Advertiser, opinion editorial)
07/12/2009Victoria's waiting lists are only going to get longer. By Dr Harry Hemley. Around 3,000 of the Victorians currently on elective surgery waiting lists will still be waiting for their surgery in twelve months when the 2010 Victorian election results reveal the...
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Why are we waiting? (Bendigo Advertiser, opinion editorial)
05/12/2009The public health system is plagued by hidden waiting lists for non-urgent surgery, writes HARRY HEMLEY. Around 3,000 of the Victorians currently on elective surgery waiting lists will still be waiting for their surgery in twelve months when the 2010 Victorian...
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Playing the waiting game (Ballarat Courier, opinion editoral)
05/12/2009By Dr Harry Hemley. Around 3,000 of the Victorians currently on elective surgery waiting lists will still be waiting for their surgery in twelve months when the 2010 Victorian election results reveal the state’s future leader. For these patients, the...
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Patients' long wait for care must end (The Age online, opinion editorial)
04/12/20094 December 2009. About 3000 of the Victorians currently on elective surgery waiting lists will still be waiting for their surgery in 12 months when Victorians go to the polls. For these patients, the long wait to reduce their pain and disability will seem...
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Premier flags parliamentary oversight for Ombudsman
25/11/200925 November 2009. Two months after AMA Victoria raised concerns to the Premier about the Victorian Ombudsman’s lack of accountability, the Victorian Government has announced a review of the state’s leading integrity bodies. AMA Victoria wrote to...
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ACCC warns alternative healer following AMA Victoria complaints
24/11/200923 November 2009. The ACCC has put alternative therapies company Indu Alternative Healing on notice after AMA Victoria raised concerns about the company’s misleading claims it could provide protection from all flu viruses using vibration therapy. At...
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AMA welcomes amendment to Health Legislation (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners) Bill 2009
24/11/20095 November 2009. AMA Federal President, Dr Andrew Pesce, said today that the AMA welcomes the Government’s decision to amend the Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners) Bill 2009 to specify a formal requirement that midwives and...
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AMA Victoria questions Ombudsman's processes
13/11/200913 November 2009. Misunderstandings of surgeons' billing practices in the Victorian Ombudsman's Bayside Health and TAC/Worksafe billing reports have raised concerns among the medical profession and beyond about the Ombudsman's processes around accountability....
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WorkHealth checks for AMA Victoria staff
12/11/200912 November 2009. AMA Victoria is the latest workplace to sign up to the Victorian Government’s WorkHealth initiative and is offering free preventative health checks to its staff today. The simple health check aims to increase individuals’ understanding...
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Swine flu vaccination doesn't hurt a bit - Hartland
04/11/20094 November 2009. AMA Victoria President Dr Harry Hemley has vaccinated Greens MLC Colleen Hartland against Swine Flu, to encourage all Victorian adults to contact their GP to arrange a vaccination for themselves and their children aged 11 and older. "It's...
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AMA Victoria to hear Mallee doctors' concerns
23/10/200923 October 2009. AMA Victoria’s President Dr Harry Hemley will meet with local doctors in Mildura on Monday evening (26 October) to hear their concerns about healthcare in the region and discuss the Federal Government's heathcare reform agenda. "AMA...
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Victorian hospitals show slight improvement - more needed
14/10/200914 October 2009. The latest Your Hospitals report provides little comfort to thousands of Victorians waiting for care, AMA Victoria President Dr Harry Hemley said today. “The 400 extra beds that the Victorian Government introduced last financial year...
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Hidden waiting lists must be uncovered
14/10/200914 October 2009. The Victorian Government must reveal the full waiting times for elective surgery in Victorian public hospitals, AMA Victoria’s President Dr Harry Hemley said today, following the release of the AMA Public Hospital Report Card 2009. The...
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Facts on cataract surgery in Victoria
29/09/200929 September 2009. The Australian Labor Party’s YouTube video attempt to gain support for cuts to the cataract surgery Medicare rebate overlooks a number of key facts, AMA Victoria President Dr Harry Hemley said today. “Patients in Victoria who...
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Podiatrist prescribing is a dangerous step (Medical Observer, opinion editorial)
25/09/200925 September 2009. By Dr Harry Hemley. Victorian podiatrists are the latest group of allied health providers to be granted greater prescribing rights, adding to doctors’ concerns about patient safety and fragmentation of care. I’m not just talking...
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Health plan vital to support population increase
25/09/200925 September 2009. Population projections should serve as a wake-up call for the Victorian Government to develop a long-term healthcare plan to care for the state’s growing and ageing population, AMA Victoria President Dr Harry Hemley said today. “If...
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Eye clinic waiting times list hidden (Herald Sun, letter to the editor)
24/09/200924 September 2009. Lengthy waits for cataract surgery in Victorian public hospitals will blow out unless the Federal Government reverses its plan to halve the Medicare rebate for these operations. Visually impaired patients wait more than 100 days for sight...
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Simplified multi purpose taxi forms online from 2011
15/09/200915 September 2009. The Department of Transport will simplify the multi purpose program taxi form and make it available online from early 2011, following AMA Victoria's War on Red Tape calls for the 16 page form to be streamlined. The changes are expected to...
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National blood donor week: Save up to three lives
08/09/20098 September 2009. Doctors have called on eligible Victorians to save up to three lives by donating blood during National Blood Donor Week, which runs from 7 to 13 September. “Blood donations are used every day in our health system,” AMA Victoria President...
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AMA Victoria joins nurse practitioner legislation fight
02/09/20092 September 2009. AMA Victoria’s President Dr Harry Hemley joined more than 300 Australian doctors today when he signed Australian Doctor magazine ’s open letter to Health Minister Nicola Roxon, outlining concerns over increased rights for nurse...
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Doctors call for tobacco vendor licenses
02/09/200902 September 2009. AMA Victoria today called on the Brumby Government to implement the Preventative Health Strategy’s recommendation to introduce licensing fees for tobacco vendors. The Taskforce’s report, released yesterday, urged State and Territory...
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Concerns raised about Ombudsman’s TAC and Workcover billing report
01/09/2009Excerpt of letter from AMA Victoria CEO Jane Stephens to the Victorian Ombudsman. 12 August 2009. The Ombudsman Mr George Brouwer 9/459 Collins Street MELBOURNE VIC 3000 Dear Dr Brouwer Re: An Investigation into the Transport Accident Commission’s and...
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Vic doctors not found guilty of fraud (Australian Financial Review, letter to the editor)
14/08/200914 August 2009. Your reporting of the Ombudsman’s report on TAC and Worksafe billing practices (Doctors accused of compo fraud July 30) fails to make it clear that the report confirms there is no evidence of fraudulent billing practice by doctors. What...
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Doctors welcome new Department of Health
13/08/200913 August 2009. AMA Victoria President Dr Harry Hemley has welcomed the Victorian Government’s plans to establish a new Department of Health and split the Department of Human Services. “Victoria’s health system is under significant pressure...
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Brumby must shed light on hidden waiting lists
07/08/20097 August 2009. AMA Victoria today called on the Brumby Government to begin publishing the state’s hidden waiting lists and implement the National Health and Hospital Reform Commission’s (NHHRC) recommendation to cut hospital outpatient waiting...
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Time for healthy debate (The Age, opinion)
28/07/2009By Dr Harry Hemley. 28 July 2009. Building on strengths in our health care - such as the work of GPs - is the first step to a better system. The National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission report released yesterday contains 123 recommendations ranging...
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Vital figures missing from Your Hospitals report
17/07/200917 July 2009. The latest Your Hospitals report reveals nearly 200,000 Victorians missed out on clinically appropriate care last winter, AMA Victoria President Dr Harry Hemley said today. Yet the published figures only show part of the story. On the published...
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Get active to prevent diabetes
13/07/200913 July 2009. Doctors are urging Victorians to increase their daily physical activity levels to reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes and other chronic health conditions. The call comes at the beginning of National Diabetes Week, which runs until Saturday...
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Melbourne GP elected president
27/05/200927 May 2009. Northcote-based General Practitioner Dr Harry Hemley is the new President of AMA Victoria. Dr Hemley, who was elected unopposed at the association’s annual general meeting last night, takes over from Melbourne urologist Dr Doug Travis. Dr...
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Workplace hygiene promotion
21/05/200921 May 2009. Doctors have again urged Victorian employers to promote good personal hygiene practices in their workplaces to protect staff against the spread of all influenza viruses. AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis said while Victoria was well prepared...
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Mislead and manipulated (Australian Doctor, opinion)
15/05/2009By Dr Harry Hemley. 15 May 2009. Inconsistent and hidden data does no one any favours, least of all patients... At the height of the data manipulation scandal that hit Victoria in March, the state’s Auditor-General released a damning report which found...
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Rural general practice spared the knife
14/05/200914 May 2009. AMA Victoria has welcomed Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon’s assurance that country Victorian GP clinics will not be worse off under a new rural classification system which determines funding for services and grants for doctors to work...
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Victoria denied fair share of health infrastructure funds
13/05/200913 May 2009. The Federal Budget missed an opportunity to improve Victoria’s health care infrastructure, according to AMA Victoria, with the State of Victoria missing out on a fair share of federal health infrastructure funds. AMA Victoria President Dr...
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Compensation scheme needed for Victorian hospitals
12/05/200912 May 2009. Any reduction in privately insured Victorians due to Federal Budget changes must result in compensation for Victoria’s public hospitals, according to AMA Victoria. AMA Victoria today called on the Premier, John Brumby, to seek assurances...
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Doctors welcome new cancer centre plans
07/05/20097 May 2009. AMA Victoria has welcomed the announcement today that a world-class comprehensive cancer centre would be developed in Melbourne by 2015. AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis congratulated the state and federal governments on the initiative, saying...
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AMA Victoria underwhelmed by Budget
05/05/20095 May 2009. AMA Victoria has labelled the Victorian Budget “underwhelming”, saying it misses an opportunity for real action. “We do not have the capacity in our hospitals to care for enough patients,” said AMA Victoria President Dr...
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All employers must take responsibility for flu prevention
03/05/20093 May 2009. Businesses across Victoria must take responsibility for the health of their staff by having hand washing protocols in place, according to AMA Victoria. AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis said, "My message to all businesses - private, government...
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Workplace hygiene
29/04/200929 April 2009. Doctors have today urged Victorian employers to promote good personal hygiene practices in their workplaces to protect staff against the spread of all influenza viruses. AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis said while Victoria was well prepared...
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Specialist training investing in the future of health care
28/04/200928 April 2009. AMA Victoria welcomed today’s announcement of additional medical training positions in Victoria’s hospitals, in advance of next week’s Budget. “Investing now in specialist training will pay future health dividends,”...
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Doctors call for tobacco price rise
15/04/200915 April 2009. AMA Victoria has called on the State Government to raise cigarette taxes following the release today of a Cancer Council Victoria study which found many smokers would quit if the price of tobacco rose. Almost three quarters of the Cancer Council...
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Roxon must protect general practice in country Victoria
14/04/200914 April 2009. AMA Victoria today has urged Health Minister Nicola Roxon not to penalise Victorian country GPs through loss of funding from a restructure of Commonwealth rural health programs. The Federal Government is reviewing rural workforce programs and...
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Nothing but the truth (The Age, opinion)
01/04/2009By Dr Doug Travis. 1 April 2009. The Victorian community has been dismayed to learn that a trusted institution, the Royal Women's Hospital, has been falsifying and manipulating reporting data. Yet, as the Victorian Government acts to stamp out the perverse...
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Scrapped performance payments a bonus for the system
30/03/200930 March 2009. AMA Victoria today welcomed the State Government’s abolition of a $40 million bonus funding pool used to reward public hospitals for meeting performance targets. AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis said the government’s decision...
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A call to arms against war on red tape (Medical Observer, opinion)
13/03/2009By Dr Harry Hemley. 13 March 2009. Australian GPs are drowning in bureaucratic red tape, resulting in countless hours of extra unpaid paperwork and hundreds of patients missing out on care every day. Doctors around the country are constantly looking for ways...
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Doctors welcome mental health reform plan
13/03/200913 March 2009. AMA Victoria welcomed the release today of the State Government’s Mental Health Reform Strategy, Because Mental Health Matters, saying it accurately identified the problems affecting Victoria’s mental health system. “The strategy...
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Doctors call for online emergency department wait times
12/03/200912 March 2009. AMA Victoria has called on the state government to follow the lead of Western Australia and publish up-to-date emergency department waiting times online. AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis said online public hospital performance reports would...
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Doctors recommend flu vaccine for ‘at risk’ groups
04/03/20094 March 2009. Doctors are urging older Victorians and people with chronic diseases to protect themselves against new strains of influenza by visiting their general practitioner for an annual flu vaccination. AMA Victoria Vice President Dr Harry Hemley said...
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Unhealthy situation developing in Ballarat (Ballarat Courier, opinion editorial)
03/03/2009By Dr Doug Travis. 3 March 2009. The state government is constantly telling us that Victoria is the place to be. It may be the place to be for many, but it is not if you’re new to Ballarat and need to see a GP. It is certainty not the place to be if...
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Rescue package for rural medical workforce
02/03/20092 March 2009. AMA Victoria has presented the Brumby Government with a Rural workforce rescue package aimed at increasing state government support for Victoria’s worsening rural and regional doctor shortages. The proposed $94.6 million Rescue package...
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No place if you need a GP (Sunraysia Daily, opinion editorial)
28/02/2009By Dr Doug Travis. 28 February 2009. The state government is constantly telling us that Victoria is the place to be. It may be the place to be for many, but it is not if you’re new to regional Victoria and need to see a GP. It is certainty not the place...
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Time to discuss organ donation options
24/02/200924 February 2009. AMA Victoria is this week urging Victorians to learn more about how they might save a life through organ donation and discuss their options with their family members and GP. AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis said Australian Organ Donation...
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'Birthday' comes early for Reservoir East students
18/02/200918 February 2009 A few months shy of its second ‘birthday’, a breakfast club for students at Reservoir East Primary School today received an unexpected gift from AMA Victoria. AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis tucked into a bowl of cereal with...
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Doctors accept pay offer
10/02/200910 February 2009 AMA Victoria today accepted the State Government’s enterprise bargaining offer for public hospital doctors. The four year agreement – to be backdated from December 2008 when the offer was made – provides an initial pay boost...
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Pay offer for public hospital doctors
09/02/20099 February 2009 AMA Victoria today accepted the State Government’s enterprise bargaining offer for public hospital doctors. The four year agreement – to be backdated from December 2008 when the offer was made – provides an initial pay boost...
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Rural funding in unhealthy state (Herald Sun, letter to the editor)
05/02/20095 February 2009 It’s disappointing to see health care miss out in the Federal Government's $42 billion economic stimulus package. Demand for health care is growing at a rapid rate, and more and more patients are being treated in hospitals with crumbling...
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Health misses out in economic stimulus package
03/02/20093 February 2009 AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis said the association was disappointed the Federal Government’s proposed $42 billion economic stimulus package had overlooked health care infrastructure boosts. “Demand for health care is growing...
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It’s still hot – keeping healthy
31/01/200931 January 2009 While the extreme temperatures have abated in Melbourne, it’s still going to be hot for several days. Also, many parts of the state will still be experiencing extreme heat. AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis said Victorians need to...
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Doctors welcome Western Health bed boost
28/01/200928 January 2009 Victorian doctors have welcomed the State Government’s announcement to increase capacity at Western Health Hospital with an additional 12 hospital beds. AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis said the extra beds were a much-needed addition...
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Doctors welcome Alfred bed boost
28/01/200928 January 2009 Victorian doctors have welcomed the State Government’s announcement to increase capacity at The Alfred Hospital with an additional 31 hospital beds. AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis said the extra beds were a much-needed addition...
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Doctors welcome Bendigo Health bed boost
27/01/200927 January 2009 Victorian doctors have welcomed the State Government's announcement to increase capacity at Bendigo Health with an additional 12 hospital beds. AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis said the extra beds were a much-needed addition to the overstretched...
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Doctors welcome Gippsland bed boost
27/01/200927 January 2009 Victorian doctors have welcomed the State Government’s announcement to increase capacity at Latrobe Regional Hospital with an additional nine hospital beds. AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis said the extra beds were a much-needed...
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Health precautions in heat wave
27/01/200927 January 2009 Temperatures across the state are expected to soar this week with four consecutive days into the 40s and doctors are urging Victorians to take precautions to avoid heat exhaustion and dehydration. AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis said...
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Doctors welcome Southern Health bed boost
20/01/200920 January 2009 Victorian doctors have welcomed today’s State Government announcement of an increase in capacity at Southern Health with an additional 50 beds and one neo-natal intensive care cot. AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis said the extra...
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Health warning in extreme heat
13/01/200912 January 2009 Tomorrow’s temperature is set to spike and doctors are urging Victorians to take precautions to avoid heat exhaustion and dehydration over the next few days. AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis says Victorians may need to modify their...
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New doctors for Victoria’s public hospitals
07/01/20097 January 2009 AMA Victoria this week welcomed the 508 new doctors who have begun work as interns in public hospitals across the state. AMA Victoria Vice President Dr Harry Hemley congratulated the new interns on the transition and said the increase in intern...
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