Banksia Medical Centre
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Physical distancing and good hand hygiene
Many patients have inquired about the necessity of having the second flu jab this year since the first flu vaccination was carried out earlier this year. Good news: Due to physical distancing and good hand hygiene, latest statistics showed Australian flu cases drop by more than 99%! This means we will very likely have a […]
How to wear a non-medical fabric mask safely
A follow up advice from WHO on mask wearing. Referenced from Dr Ian Mackay. QLD consultant virologist. In Australia, the spread of CoVID19 continues to be consistently low in the community even though we are testing almost every person even with a slight case of cough. The justification of a wide spread use of mask […]
The Collective Isolation Project
The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed lounge rooms into gyms, kitchen tables into stadiums for board game tournaments, and tranquil walking trails into super-highways for pedestrians striving toward 10,000 steps. The Collective Isolation Project aims to cement this current moment in history, and is our inaugural Memory Bank campaign. We’re calling on all Victorians to join […]
Draft Social Infrastructure Plan – Generation One: 2020-2023
Geelong council is keen to look at our future social infrastructure plan post COVID19. Do you have any great ideas you would like to share? Social infrastructure is the fabric of our community. It refers to the places and spaces that bring us together; where we make friends, stay active, learn new skills and access […]
World Health Organization (WHO)
Let’s talk about the second wave. Here, Dr Michael Ryan from WHO explained what it means to have a second wave. It is not if, it is when, we know it will come. But hopefully it will not be a peak, a rise of sudden surge of thousands of cases. Still, we are ready. Our […]
May the force be with you
Banksia Medical Centre is an accredited training practice. We pride ourselves as one of the training grounds for medical students, nursing students and also GP registrars. We take them under our care, teach them all our tradecrafts and then send them back out to the real world to make a difference in other communities. Come […]
Storytime Baby Bounce
The State Library has got specially designed programming for babies and pre-schoolers that you can enjoy from home. Watch interactive videos of stories, songs and rhymes with Baby Bounce. And for kids aged 3 to 5, Storytime brings them all the fun of stories, songs, play and craft activities. All their past episodes are available […]
Step 2 easing restrictions
This morning we announced further easing of coronavirus restrictions. Our low rate of community transmission means we’re in a good position to get back to more of the things we miss. I’m sure people will wonder why you can do some things and you still can’t do others. The truth is we had to make […]
A Virtual tour of the Mutter Museum
Apart from all the horrible news around the world, with over 5.2 millions people infected and 337,000 people lost their lives, many positive things have come out of the COVID19 crisis. Eg Public has become more aware of personal hygiene, respecting each other’s space and certainly will treasure more of the time when we finally […]
