I would like to begin this update by thanking our hard-working clinical teams who have responded with their usual professionalism and calm to public concern around the Coronavirus. As a result of caring for the first...
A press conference has been held by the Minister for Health and the Acting Chief Health Officer advising the community that Monash Medical Centre is currently caring for Victoria’s first patient with a Coronavirus 2019-nCoV...
As you will be aware, there is an emerging outbreak of novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which is gaining significant media attention. We are beginning to see members of the community present to our Emergency Departments with flu-like...
Congratulations to Monash Health’s A/Prof Georgia Soldatos, Amanda Hulley, Christine Monagle and colleagues from the national Environmental Determinants of Islet Autoimmunity (ENDIA) study team, who have received $8.25m funding provided by JDRF Australia and The...
The RACGP has realised new elder abuse guidelines to help people recognise and respond to suspected cases of elder abuse. The guidelines describe the effects that the abuse can have for an individual, important warning signs...
You will now be able to access MIMS more easily from mobile devices following a library update. The MIMS online resource for high quality and independent medicine information is also available as a quick link from...
Congratulations to Helen Crouch, Senior Speech Pathologist at the Movement Disorders Clinic, for her recent Clinical Educator award (Novice adult placement) presented by the University of Melbourne. Helen was awarded for her excellent quality of care. This...
Pasifika Medical Association (PMA) has been engaged by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) to be part of the official New Zealand response to the measles outbreak in Samoa. They put out a...
We’re continually looking to improve how we use our resources across the organisation. As part of this, we have reviewed our use of printers, multifunction printers, copiers, scanners, fax machines and high-volume printers and identified several...
Work is underway to develop a new space for Infusion Services at Monash Medical Centre. The new physical space is under construction now on Level 2 of Monash Medical Centre, opposite pharmacy. Once completed in mid-2020,...