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FLU IMMUNISATION UPDATE:
Please continue to check this page for updates on the flu immunisation availability for 2019. At this stage we are unsure of the delivery date. CLINIC CLOSURE FOR LABOUR DAY LONG WEEKEND: Please be advised that the clinic will be closed for the labour day long weekend (09/03/2019 - 11/03/2019) for medical software updates. We are sorry for any inconvenience. If you are in need of urgent care please contact one of the following: Ambulance Service 000 Austin Hospital 9496 5000 Northern Hospital 8405 8000 Northpark Private Hospital 9468 0565 Locum Service 9429 5677 STAFF NEWS: Dr Laura Hassaram MBBS, B Adv Med Sci, Cert EM (ACEM), Dip Mus Andrew Place Clinic welcomes Dr Laura Hassaram, our current registrar. She will be with us until February 2020. She graduated from Melbourne University and has worked in Emergency for 10 years and in general practice for the last 2. Please see our education and training page for her full biography. Congratulations to Dr Wendy Bernet! As Wendy has been at Andrew Place Clinic for nearly thirty years now, she will be taking three months long service leave from the beginning of March. Wendy is looking forward to doing some travelling and having some time at home. She will return in early June. The other doctors at the clinic will be happy to see Wendy’s regular patients in her absence. Please feel free to discuss with reception, who would be the most appropriate doctor for you to see while Wendy is away. Doctors on leave in March The following doctors will be on leave in March: Dr Susan Lewis: 05/03/2019 - 01/04/2019 Dr Wendy Bernet will commence long service leave in March for 3 months. Doctors on leave in April The following doctors will be on leave in April: Dr. Christina Illing: 29/04/2019 - 03/05/2019 Dr Wendy Bernet: 01/03/2019 - 03/06/2019 (Long Service Leave) NEW SERVICES: We are happy to announce that IUD insertions are under way! Dr Melanie Hemsley and Dr Lisa Mifsud are now offering intrauterine device insertions (namely Mirena) on Mondays and Fridays at our Bundoora Health site. If long-acting reversible contraception interests you, please book for a pre-IUD assessment appointment with Lisa or Melanie. |