Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar has rejoined the medical register and offered to work shifts to help the health service during the coronavirus crisis. Mr Varadkar worked as a hospital doctor and as a ...
Healthcare systems world over are over-whelmed and struggling with the Covid-19 pandemic. The deluge of infected patients and suspects are stretching the healthcare ecosystem beyond their capacity. Telehealth & Virtual Care tools are being introduced ...
Many Australians are anxious and stressed about the coronavirus, COVID-19. There have been reports of panic-buying at the supermarket. People have been donning face masks when they have no symptoms. You can’t make a cup of tea at ...
Good news. Thanks through a combination of tighter border control and social distancing, the growth of COVID-19 cases in Australia appears to be slowing down. Pandemics like this can be under control within our existing ...
When Bridget Wilkins flew back to Australia from London earlier this month, she was looking forward to being MC at her best friend’s wedding but she never made it to the ceremony. Key points: Bridget ...
Uncertainty, panic, not knowing….some of this is already in the past. Let some of the answers we now have become our pathway to wellness and emotional recovery. SUGGESTIONS TO HELP DEAL WITH [COVID-19] Lets talk ...
I lived in a hospital until I was five years old. Catheters, scalpels, doctors, and pain were all normal to me. To play with me, my little sister would have to wear a mask because ...
Australia’s largest health insurer, Bupa, announced today it would be delaying the annual 1 April premium increase for all customers for six months. According to Bupa Australia & New Zealand Chief Executive Officer, Hisham El-Ansary, ...
Lack of ventilators. Almost every country across the globe is facing this challenge with COVID-19. Patients with severe cases suffer from inflammation and fluid build-up in their lungs. That’s why a ventilator is required to ...
The coronavirus disease, known as COVID-19, is a frightening reminder of the imminent global threat posed by emerging infectious diseases. Although epidemics have arisen during all of human history, they now seem to be on the ...
Stop the world – I want to get off is the title of a musical created in the 1960s. Some 55 years later as we become globally enmeshed in a pandemic the like of which ...
Merely a brief introduction to mindfulness helps people deal with physical pain and negative emotions, a new study shows. The effect of mindfulness was so pronounced, they found, that even when participants were subjected to ...