To Climb a Mountain
What does it take to climb a mountain? Curiosity, a burning desire, a challenge (personal or external), a social conscience…
Survival Tips for Bali
23 Survival tips for Bali: Having promised the kids an overseas holiday, Bali was the ideal choice. The most expensive part is the flights and accommodation – although there are plenty of bargains to be had. Day to day living expenses are cheap. Whilst there, I wrote some “notes to self’ to share with our […]
The Flu Vaccine
Should I have the Flu Vaccine? Travellers risk coming into contact with influenza in airports where thousands of people gather from around the globe, bringing their various illnesses with them. The influenza vaccine, (flu shot) is a safe, killed derivative of three influenza strains. It is cheap and very effective against the strains in the vaccine. If you […]
How to Bug your Travel Doctor
How to bug your Travel Doctor; A tongue in cheek look at questions/problems we face. Dr John Kenafake – Sunshine Coast Below are some of the day to day questions asked to Travel Doctors.
Scabies and Rabies
Scabies and Rabies: A personal journey in Morocco She bared her teeth and raced furiously towards me, slobber dripping from her mouth while my wife and I stood statue-still, trying not to look like victims. What are you meant to do in this situation? Turn around? Make a noise? Run? Stand still? Despite my […]
Ross River Virus Outbreak
Outbreaks closer to home – 2015 Dr Fauzie Le Duc – TMA Member Nerang Ross river virus is a virus transmitted through mosquito bites that affects Australia and the Pacific Islands. There is a current alert with increased numbers of infections in Queensland and New South Wales.
The Kokoda Track
The Kokoda Track Ann-Maree Smith ( traveller/ patient of the Maitland Clinic ) When an email crossed my desktop early in 2014 and my 37-year-old nephew came on board, it was on. With four months left to departure, we made good use of training in local forests and national parks. Steep hills became loved, like […]
Equatorial Adventure
A surprising Equatorial Adventure. Dr. Rowena Sheppard – Goondiwindi
Alice Springs Family Medical Centre
Alice Springs Family Medical Centre, (ASFMC) was opened in Sept 2006 by myself, Dr Deb Mitchell, and my partner Susie who is the practice manager and the practice nurse, after we both had worked in numerous roles in Central Australia both at Hospital level, and remote health with communities, as well as other mainstream private […]
Imported Measles Case
A confirmed case of imported measles arrived in Cairns by air on Sunday 12 October 2014 from Port Moresby, PNG. The patient attended Cairns Hospital Emergency Department on Sunday 12 October between 1130 and 1530, and on Monday 13 October, between 1730 and 2030.