Chief Medical Officer Mobilises GPs To Support Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Influenza Vaccinations (Medical News Today)
Monday, February 8th, 2010Australia’s Chief Medical Officer, Professor Jim Bishop, is calling on GPs to promote vaccination against the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza to their patients before the flu season begins in Australia . Professor Bishop has enlisted the support of his GP Roundtable, which includes representatives of the AMA, RACGP and the GP Network and he is writing to all GPs in Australia to ask them to …
Australia: Quarrelling doctors
Friday, July 3rd, 2009Yesterday I posted an item about the complaints of Dr. Peter Eizenberg: Swine flu response flawed: prominent GP . Today a response comes from Australia’s Chief Medical Officer, Professor Jim Bishop, via the flu-update page of the Department of Health and Ageing: GPs are major players in H1N1 Influenza 09 respons e. Excerpt: Professor Bishop said he was sorry the author of the paper felt that GPs were unprepared or ill equipped to cope with H1N1 Influenza 09 because many GP divisions have put
Health: Pig or Swine Flu in Australia and New Zealand
Sunday, April 26th, 2009Holy canoly, pig flu has reached New Zealand and could spread to neighboring Australia according to this report by The Age . Be informed of the disease by checking out the symptoms of pig or swine flu which we posted earlier . AUSTRALIANS have been urged to look out for symptoms of a deadly swine flu that appears to have spread from Mexico to New Zealand, France and the US, sparking fears of a major pandemic. Australia’s chief medical officer Jim Bishop briefed hospital emergency departmen