Antarctica: Icebergs and secret weapon
Dr Cormac Carey, Medical Director, Toowoomba. After sampling the wonderful delights of Buenos Aires we flew South to Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world. Here, we boarded our expedition vessel RCGS ( Royal Canadian Geographical Society) Resolute, our home for the next nine nights on a calm Friday afternoon. The weather certainly allayed the […]
The delayed 2016 Influenza Vaccine
Dr Cormac Carey, Medical Director, TMA Toowoomba With the 100th birthday of CSL coinciding with Anzac Day this month and the first zephyrs of Winter’s winds arriving it is time to look at the turmoil re this year’s rollout of the 2016 influenza vaccine which has been anything but smooth. CSL started producing influenza vaccine in 1944 along […]
Q Fever “Gangnam Style” Toowoomba
Our Toowoomba members’ clinic has been very busy all year with Korean backpackers seeking Q Fever Vaccine prior to working at the local meat works. This initially presented a few problems with language barriers but we have had the Q Fever pre vaccination questionnaire translated into a Korean format (many thanks to Jon Barrell TMA member in […]
dengue fever outbreak in USA
Prepared by TMA member Toowoomba/Brookwater For most travellers to the USA the risk of dengue fever would low on the list of health issues, however the following report of a dengue fever outbreak adds a sobering reminder to practice mosquito avoidance measures even in first world countries. According to the Texas Department of Health, 6 laboratory-confirmed, […]
Rabies in Congo
Prepared by TMA member Toowoomba/Brookwater In August 2013, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF/Doctors Without Borders) started a rabies intervention in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo after an alarming number of people were bitten by rabid dogs, and at least 10 people died. Doctors will provide PEP to people bitten or scratched by a […]
Traveller’s Thrombosis
… Prepared by Dr Cormac Carey – TMA member Toowoomba Travellers Thrombosis or Deep Vein thrombosis (DVT) is a rare but dangerous medical problem which occurs when blood in the legs of travellers clots. The serious problems occur when the clot dislodges from the leg and moves to the heart or lungs where it interferes […]