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When a child living on a remote Pacific island needs emergency surgery, the chances of them receiving appropriate treatment in time – are slim to none.
In Vanuatu, for example, there are only four surgeons to support the entire country.
You might remember the little boy, Peter, that needed urgent medical attention from my recent letter. Thanks to your support, Peter was fortunate to receive safe, quality surgical care from surgeons like Dr Trevor Cullwick. Trevor is a Ni-Vanuatu doctor who received assistance from RACS Trainees and Fellows to train as an orthopaedic surgeon in Australia. But across the Pacific and Timor Leste, there are gifted doctors who do not have the opportunity to become surgeons. If they did, many more children could live without life-threatening injuries or debilitating physical conditions, like Peter.
Australia will likely begin a slow, methodical and safe opening of its international borders in the first half of 2022, according to the nation s former deputy chief medical officer.
Speaking on Today, Dr Nick Coatsworth denied he was in conflict with prime minister Scott Morrison over a timeline for opening borders for international travel. When you put your head up over the trench this is what happens, Dr Coatsworth said, describing reaction to his recent comments about smashing the false idol of COVID-19 eradication in Australia.
Former Deputy Chief Health officer for the Australian government, Dr Nick Coatsworth, says Australia needs to stop aiming for eradication of the coronavirus if it wants to move forward.(Today)
Australia s former deputy chief medical officer, Dr Nick Coatsworth has called on Australia to prepare for the return of COVID-19 cases as we gradually re-open our borders. The infectious disease expert made the bold claim that Australians could not continue to live in a pandemic eliminationist bunker and said that the full eradication of the virus was a false idol, as reported by Fairfax. It is clear we will not have our borders closed indefinitely, he said speaking at the Royal Australasian College of Surgeon s annual scientific meeting. We will not have quarantine stations in perpetuity while we aim for the false idol of eradication.
Australia s former deputy chief medical officer, Dr Nick Coatsworth has called on Australia to prepare for the return of COVID-19 cases as we gradually re-open our borders. The infectious disease expert made the bold claim that Australians could not continue to live in a pandemic eliminationist bunker and said that the full eradication of the virus was a false idol, as reported by Fairfax. It is clear we will not have our borders closed indefinitely, he said speaking at the Royal Australasian College of Surgeon s annual scientific meeting. We will not have quarantine stations in perpetuity while we aim for the false idol of eradication.