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FLU IMMUNISATION - AVAILABLE FROM 15/04/2019 Flu Injections will be available from 15/04/2019. Please speak to reception to book into one of our flu clinics. You are eligible for a Government funded vaccine if you are:
CLINIC CLOSURE FOR EASTER LONG WEEKEND Please be advised that the clinic will be closed for the Easter long weekend (19/04/2019 - 22/04/2019) 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 Royal Children's Hospital 9345 5522 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 Doctors 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. Dr Wendy Bernet will be on leave from 01/03/2019 - 03/06/2019. Doctors on leave in April The following doctors will be on leave in April: Dr Melanie Hemsley: 08/04/2019 - 12/04/2019 Dr Claire Kembrey: 08/04/2019 - 12/04/2019 Dr Kate Ludescher: 09/04/2019 - 16/04/2019 Dr Leanne Cole: 17/04/2019 - 24/04/2019 Dr Roslyn Rayner: 19/04/2019 - 26/04/2019 Dr Laura Hassaram: 23/04/2019 - 26/04/2019 Dr Claire Kembrey: 23/04/2019 - 26/04/2019 Dr Christina Illing: 29/04/2019 - 03/05/2019 Dr Lisa Mifsud has cancelled her leave for April. Doctors on leave in May The following doctors will be on leave in May: Dr Susan Lewis: 30/04/2019 - 15/05/2019 Dr Roslyn Rayner: 16/05/2019 - 24/05/2019 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. |