Dr Sandra Peters at the Fever Clinic in Caloundra. Photo: John McCutcheon
The Buderim-based Dr Faint said the pandemic still continued to cause issues despite new cases at a minimum.
“In terms of impact on people, they basically had to put everything elective on hold, so all those disrupted services were delayed several months,” he said.
“Thankfully we have ramped them up quickly.
“There’s still a supply shortage too, and masks were at really low levels throughout the year.”
However, Dr Faint said it wasn’t all doom and gloom, and the pandemic did have a silver lining.
“The amazing turnaround of providing a new vaccine was quite extraordinary,” he said.
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1. SNAPCHAT SLASHING A war of words which erupted on social media sparked a violent teenage brawl at Kawana Shoppingworld which ended in a girl s throat being slashed by a box cutter.
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Three people have been assessed by paramedics after a two cars collided in Beerburrum on Wednesday afternoon.
A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said an ambulance was called to Beerburrum Rd and Steve Irwin Way to reports of a two-vehicle crash.
The crash happened at 2.30pm.
Three people were assessed for injuries.
One person was transported to Caboolture Hospital in a stable condition.
It follows a busy day for emergency services on wet Coast roads, with ambulance crews being called to crashes across the region.
A third person involved in an earlier crash in Caloundra on Wednesday afternoon was transported to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.
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A person has been taken to hospital after a car came off the road and crashed into a tree in Buderim.
A Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman said they received a call at 1.58pm of a car hitting a tree near the Dixon Rd off ramp.
He said paramedics transported one person to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.
Paramedics are also on scene at a two-vehicle crash in Caloundra.
He said an ambulance was called to the crash which happened in the Caloundra Shopping Centre car park just before 2.30pm.
Two people have been transported to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in stable conditions and paramedics are still on scene with a third person, who may also require transport to hospital.