Rural Health Issues

Abstract

River Doc - A case presentation At 6am a concerned Mother phoned requesting that I see her 22 year old son who had been ill, seen by severa doctors and was not getting better. She explained that a malaria test done on Saturday had been negative and he had been sent home on antibiotics (doxycycline) for tick bite fever. I had seen Rupert once before at my rooms, about 2 years ago, when a gum pole timber had fallen on his back, fracturing traverse processes of L3 and L4. I told Mom to come in immediately as I knew this kid was no whinger. Arrwag conference: "Competition for GPs" I was privileged to be one of the keynote speakers at the Third Conference of the Australian Rural and Remote Workforce Agencies Group conference in Adelaide, South Australia, 22th - 25th April 2002. ARRWAG is a body funded by the Commonwealth (federal) government to co-ordinate the activities of the workforce agencies which exist in each state in Australia, with the specific task of recruiting health professionals for rural and remote areas, and supporting them once they are there. Its other roles include advocacy on behalf of the individual rural workforce agencies, contributing to national policy development, and supporting quality research to ensure appropriate data is available.