MERRY XMAS FROM GEELONG ORTHOPAEDICS
We wish all our staff, hospitals and patients a wonderful and safe christmas and happy new year. We would like to thank everyone for their support and understanding in what has been another COVID crazy year! COVID of course is a virus and has no respect for human calenders, and we are expecting more...
Read moreELECTIVE SURGERY AT 75%
We are now operating at 75% of capacity. Unfortunately , Geelong is still considered a streaming hospital for Melbourne covid patients and we are now having our own spike of local cases. We were supposed to be operating at 100% this week but this has been delayed. We are trying our best to advocate ...
Read moreELECTIVE SURGERY AT 50%
We have been told we are allowed to operate on private elective patients at a level of 50% from this week. We are not entirely sure of the practicalities of this but we will work this out over the coming weeks with the hospitals setting the guidelines on how this will be measured. Unfortunately we [...
Read moreOur practice manager working in the CFA
Our practice manager Lee is also a CFA volunteer. After the massive storm damage last week he was called out to help clear the roads. He spent hours chainsawing and clearing fallen trees from the local Bellerine area. We are all very grateful to those who volunteer to keep us safe from natural disa...
Read moreELECTIVE SURGERY STILL LIMITED
Currently elective surgery is limited to category 1 and 2a surgeries (urgent only) . We have not been notified when this will change from the department of health, or what parameters are being used, but we still have many COVID cases in ICU and a second peak is expected after lockdown easing. We exp...
Read moreELECTIVE SURGERY FURTHER REDUCED
Thanks to our rising coronvirus health crisis our Geelong Hospitals are full of Melbourne coronavirus patients and are under massive stress. Whilst everyone deserves treatment with dignity and respect this consume significant resources and thus displaces other patient’s care. With rising cases...
Read moreProf Page awarded major international research grant
Prof Richard Page is delighted to announce the a major international collaborative grant (NHMRC-NIHR) with colleagues in Australia and the UK to assess the best type of total shoulder replacement for shoulder arthritis for patients with a specific shaped glenoid (or socket). Fellow Geelong Orthopa...
Read moreElective surgery to be reduced from Oct 11 in Geelong
Thanks to rising covid cases and Geelong taking Melbourne’s COVID overflow we will be forced to reduce elective surgery from Oct 11 by order of the department of health by 50%. The exact details of this are still to be worked out. This crisis is likely to go on for months and we urge everyone ...
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