HOSPITALS – VICTORIA

‘No choice’: Victorian doctors to stage historic walkout

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Original article by Lily McCaffrey
The Australian – Page: 2 : 30-Sep-26

The Australian Medical Association’s Victoria president Simon Judkins says many doctors in the state’s public hospitals are working shift of more than 14 hours. Public hospital doctors are set to go on strike for four hours tomorrow afternoon, and Judkins says they have been left with no choice after 14 months of enterprise bargaining talks with the state government. Doctors want each shift to be limited to no more than 12.5 hours, at least three guaranteed days off every fortnight and a pay rise of 28 per cent over four years. Judkin says the state government needs to look after doctors if it wants to maintain a world-class hospital and healthcare system.

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AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (VICTORIA) LIMITED

Victoria AMA says Covid-deniers and anti-vaxxers should opt out of public health system and let nature run its course

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Original article by Melissa Davey
The Guardian Australia – Page: Online : 22-Oct-21

Anti-vaxxers and covid-deniers should update their advanced care plans and inform their relatives that they do not wish to be treated in the public health care system if they become infected with COVID-19, and let "nature run its course". This is according to Australian Medical Association Victorian president Dr Roderick McRae, with his comments coming as Victoria prepares to ease some of its restrictions as it passes the 70 per cent double vaccination target. He has urged Victorians celebrating the easing of restrictions not to get drunk and have any accidents that will result in them needing medical care, because the "hospitals are full".

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AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Researchers hail heart transplant breakthrough

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Original article by Kate Hagan
The Age – Page: 2 : 15-Aug-14

Frank Rosenfeldt, head of cardiothoracic surgical research at the Alfred hospital in Melbourne, has developed a new way of keeping donor hearts for transplants viable during transfer. It uses a device to flush waste out of the organs and supply them with a solution of oxygen and nutrients, thereby extending the time they can be kept outside the body from the current four hours to up to a dozen. The first surgery relying on the method is set to be scheduled at the hospital before late 2015

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ALFRED HOSPITAL

Breathing technique to help avoid radiation

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Original article by Kate Hagan
The Age – Page: 2 : 9-Jul-14

Breast cancer patients receiving radiation treatment have an elevated risk of developing heart problems, of up to 2%, if the tumour is on the left. However, Epworth Hospital in Melbourne has had good results with teaching the women breathing techniques, so that they can stay still while the radiation doses are administered. Oncologist Andrew See says a clinical trial with a control group will be conducted to show whether the approach is worth pursuing

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EPWORTH HOSPITAL

Safe in the arms of the baby whisperers

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Original article by Kate Hagan
The Age – Page: 10 : 30-Jun-14

Volunteers drawn from the public are used at the special care nursery of Sunshine Hospital in Melbourne to help settle infants suffering withdrawal symptoms. Their mothers have used opiates or methadone during pregnancy, and the babies are very sensitive to stimulation. They can cause severe disruption to the ward. The program using the volunteers to do four-hour shifts was established in about 2004 by associate nurse unit manager Anne Robson. Neonatologist Thao Lu says the facility offers "multidisciplinary, non-judgmental care"

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SUNSHINE HOSPITAL