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Limited services today
Dear patients, due to the bushfire emergency across our region our Moruya practice is running limited services today, 31 December. Please phone the practice before you come in as many of our doctors and staff are protecting property or evacuating. We are also experiencing power blackouts and may close the practice at any time.
Ensure you remain alert to all fire warnings and road closures – listen to radio ABC South East and also see important links in the previous news post – above all stay safe.
Our Broulee practice is closed due to the fire emergency.
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Bushfires – watch, act, stay safe
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has declared a state of emergency across the state for the next seven days. Your safety and welfare is on our minds and we extend our wishes to everyone affected by these devastating bushfires.
Leaving early when threatened by fire is always your safest option and you should never wait and see what happens when a fire is threatening. Staying alert to what’s happening in your area is essential – visit this site https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/fire-information/fires-near-me and download the free fires near me app to receive updates and alerts. Click Read More for more essential information links and the RFS information line.
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Avoiding dehydration – a risk for babies and children in hot weather
With record hot temperatures across the state, our registered practice nurse Kate Tiller advises it’s important to be particularly aware of dehydration. Dehydration happens when your body loses more fluid than it’s been taking in. Kate, who holds qualifications and experience in paediatric nursing, is keen for parents and carers to be aware that infants and children are at greater risk of becoming dehydrated. See Kate’s article and download The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne fact sheet.
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Measles is serious – and one of the most contagious diseases
Australia has already seen more cases of measles within the first four months of 2019 than it did for the entirety of 2018. It’s one of the most contagious diseases affecting humans, but it’s also preventable, with an effective vaccine that’s widely available.
• Measles is a serious, highly infectious viral illness. It’s spread through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Sometimes even just breathing may be enough to spread the virus.
• It’s highly contagious: if you’re not immune to the virus and you come into contact with someone infected with measles, you have a 90 per cent chance of getting sick.
• A single infected person can typically make between 14–18 other people sick.
• If someone with measles enters a room and coughs, the virus can stay in the air for some time after that person leaves the room—sometimes for up to two hours.
• An infected person is contagious from the first day of symptoms. These typically don’t appear until about 10 days after exposure.
It’s not just the unvaccinated who pose a risk to public health: many people in Australia may be under-vaccinated without realising it.ABC News 9 December 2019: How a past tragedy saw anti-vaxxers help unleash a measles epidemic on Samoa.
More than 63 children in Samoa have died from measles. After a mass vaccination campaign, authorities are hopeful the spread of the highly contagious virus has been contained, but remain on edge. How did it come to this? Full stories: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-09/anatomy-of-an-epidemic:-how-measles-took-hold-of-samoa/11773018
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