Through the informed perspective of patient and inspiring journalist Cydonee Mardon, your newspaper offers a unique viewpoint to the discussion on funding brain cancer research (“I’ll think about it”, 24/12). […]
Read MoreA balanced life
Skilled doctor and Wicked musical star Shewit Belay is inspirational as she wisely balances her life-and-death hospital position with the equally adrenaline-surging role as an onstage starlet. (Star and a […]
Read MoreWhat sort of country won’t let Teo operate
The progress of medicine throughout recent centuries has been achieved by invention of equipment, introduction and testing of innovative technologies and continuous system-wide monitoring to ensure quality outcomes. Peer review […]
Read MoreMedical emergency
While Dr Charlie Teo may not be happy being welcomed into the club of doctors being considered guilty of professional misconduct, it is surely not the end of the world. […]
Read MoreGender landmark
The militant transgender lobbyists may well have pleaded their case in the country’s boardrooms, parliaments, TVs, social media and newspapers, prosecuting unique ideas which a kindly public have left unchecked. […]
Read MoreMiracle machines
Having spent many years from the 1990s lecturing to medical students and nurses on the evidence-based management of cardiac arrests, the development of the LUCAS device to enhance cardiothoracic compression […]
Read MorePlease, help Lifeline
There is no more worthy call to action by the Sunday Telegraph than the urgent plea to help Lifeline at this critical juncture of its threatened survival. With a shortage […]
Read MoreChecking up on script bypass idea.
Sadly, the AMA was first to denigrate the government’s empowerment of pharmacists to prescribe. (A script bypass for GPs, ST. 13/11). Until the AMA solves the problem of bush medical […]
Read MoreReaders stand up for Charlie Teo
The sorry story of Dr Teo is not isolated (ST,9710), with the Health Care Complaints Commission receiving up to 7000 annual complaints. A very busy, under-resourced organisation will show delays […]
Read MoreTeo gets inside our heads
The Medical Council of NSW brought action against Dr Charlie Teo on the basis of questions about his judgment and in fulfilling its perceived mandate in protecting the public. (No […]
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