Hurstbridge Medical Centre

30/05/2022

Updates on oral treatments for COVID-19

Oral antiviral treatments for COVID-19 are now available on the PBS for eligible patients and can be prescribed by your GP. It is important that this medication is started as soon as possible and no later than 5 days after onset of symptoms. It is only suitable for patients if they do not require hospitalisation.
Indications

Access to PBS subsidised prescriptions is available for adults who have mild to moderate COVID-19 confirmed by a PCR or medically verified rapid antigen test and who can start treatment within five days of symptom onset, if they:
• are aged 65 or older, with two other risk factors for severe disease
• are aged 75 or older with one other risk factor
• are aged 50 and older and are of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin with two further risk factors for severe disease
• are moderately to severely immunocompromised.
Please make a telehealth appointment as soon as you have your diagnosis if you believe you are eligible and, if suitable, your GP can prescribe medication and reduce your risk of serious disease
(Risk factors for serious disease include such things as diabetes, hypertension, heart failure, respiratory diseases, obesity, immunosuppression, cancer, and others)

26/05/2022

On 25 March 2022, ATAGI recommended an additional winter booster dose (4th dose for most people) for the highest risk groups: people aged 65 years and above, residents of aged care or disability care facilities, people with severe immunocompromise and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 50 years or above.
For more info.

19/05/2022

Today is the world Family Doctors day, we'd like to acknowledge the outstanding holistic care being provided to our patients by all of our lovely and caring doctors..

A Big shout out to our amazing doctors and A BIG Thank You from all of us

12/05/2022

BIG shout out to all nurses and specially our nurses Kelly,Jo, Lauren & Emma.

All HMC team would like to acknowledge the hard work being done by all our practice nurses, supporting all GPs and providing holistic patient care.

Thank you from all of us

27/04/2022

Flu vaccines are now available for our patients, call us to book your appointment.

24/03/2022

Part of our accreditation and quality improvement process is to collect feedback from our patients so we understand your needs and what we need to improve.

Please take the time to fill this survey, You will stay anonymous and help us serve you better.
https://secure.insyncsurveys.com.au/surveys/PSIAleph//?practice=2000850

09/03/2022

GP Vacancy Available at our practice.
We are seeking enthusiastic new Fellows and/or experienced GPs (VR ) to join our mixed billing, well established, doctor owned, AGPAL accredited medical practice in beautiful Hurstbridge.

We believe our people are the key to our success, and we foster a supportive, friendly, respectful, creative and multi-cultural working environment.

06/03/2022

If you haven't yet taken your Covid Booster shot, Spare shots are available Mon, Tuesday or Wednesday.
Give us a call on 03 97182611

06/02/2022

Today we welcome Dr Cheryl D'Costa at HMC as a registrar doctor. 🥳

Cheryl worked as an Engineer for a number of years before pursuing her passion in Medicine, graduating from the University of Western Australia in 2017. She began her training at Monash Health before transferring to Austin Health in 2019.

She is now pursuing a career in General Practice with a special interest in Aged Care, Palliative Care and Chronic Disease Management. Outside of work, Cheryl loves trying new food, cooking fun dishes, and exploring as much of the world as possible.

03/02/2022

We farewell Dr Rowena & Dr Gowthri as they come to the end of their rounds at HMC. We'd like to thank them for helping out looking after our community and wish them all the best in their future endevours.