Poor public health planning no excuse – Dr Anton Van Heerden
The pandemic and our response to it has impacted all facets of life. In particular, the sweeping bans on elective ...
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VIC elective surgery to return to 100% capacity by end of month
All elective surgery across Victorian public and private hospitals can resume by the end of the month, as the Omicron ...
Melbourne ophthalmologist questions logic behind ban as elective surgery resumes
A Victorian ophthalmologist has been critical of the state government’s month-long ban on non-urgent elective surgery, as cataract patients sat ...
Private hospitals must ‘pick up the slack’ amid ophthalmology elective surgery blow out
The Australian Private Hospitals Association (APHA) believes private hospitals should play an essential role in clearing the backlog of public ...
RANZCO welcomes postponement of elective surgery
RANZCO has joined specialist medical colleges across Aotearoa/New Zealand and Australia to support the temporary postponement of all non-urgent elective ...
Elective surgery post-COVID
An elective surgery shutdown as part of the COVID-19 response wreaked havoc on an already-stretched hospital system last year. Insight ...
NSW cataract patients waiting 71 days longer post-COVID
The Australian Society of Ophthalmologists (ASO) has criticised major public hospitals in New South Wales for operating at 20% capacity ...
Restrictions easing for Victorian optometrists and ophthalmic surgery
Optometrists in regional Victoria can return to ‘business as usual’ with a COVID-safe plan, while their counterparts in metropolitan Melbourne ...
Private sector apprehensive to perform public surgery ‘blitz’ at discount rates
Surgeons in private hospitals will be reluctant to help clear the public elective surgery backlog for the Medicare schedule fee ...
When should patients be operated on post-SARS-CoV-2 infection?
RANZCO has warned that patients diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 in close proximity to their elective surgery may be at risk of ...