[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] There's growing hope that we're through the peak of the COVID second wave, as the number of cases continues to fall - but it's come at a tragic cost - our deadliest day so far. 19 people died in 24 hours - the youngest was just 51. Source: 7News https://www.facebook.com/7NEWSMelbourne/videos/692360878014179/[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Dr Mukesh Haikerwal runs a respiratory clinic in the Melbourne coronavirus hotspot of Altona North. He says he is often the sole point of contact for his patients who test positive. "When I ring the patient directly, sometimes two weeks, sometimes three weeks after their positive test, some of them have not actually even been contacted once," he told 7.30."And some people, the same family with multiple family members, have got zero answers." Dr Haikerwal said health workers are struggling to cope with the scale of the second wave. "I think the system is broken. I think the DHHS are

  Suburban doctors say they have been sidelined in the pandemic response, with poor communication between the health bureaucracy and local GPs contributing to potentially fatal delays in containing outbreaks.  Source: The Age  https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/lost-in-transmission-gps-forgotten-in-covid-19-response-20200726-p55fky.html

Melbourne GP @DrMukeshH warns that when it comes to #COVID19 measures, we might be getting too complacent. #TheDrum. "I don't think the gravity seems to have sunk in that we are not anywhere else apart from on the on the edge of a cliff here." Source: ABC the Drum https://twitter.com/i/status/1283201704083591168

Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, a former AMA President, has consistently called out the supply issue that has plagued GPs in the state and across the country since the start of the pandemic. The respiratory clinic set up at Dr Haikerwal’s practice in Altona North, in the city’s southwest, is currently testing around 120 patients a day for COVID-19. Although the practice managed to procure some face masks and gowns, supply from the National Medical Stockpile and the state government had been "patchy" and wasn't enough to cover the practice's testing needs. Source: Australian Doctor https://www.ausdoc.com.au/news/gp-turns-homemade-ppe-combat-patchy-supply

Source: ABC 730 https://www.facebook.com/ABC730/videos/3608447992502711/