12 to 18 June is Blood Donation Week!

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Be extraordinary. Become a blood donor.

It’s easier than you think to achieve something extraordinary.

One in three of all the people you know will need blood in their lifetime–and you can do something about it. In just one hour you can save three lives with a single blood donation.

download (2)Ready to be extraordinary? Make an appointment to donate blood today.

Want to know more? See if you could donate or call the Red Cross Blood Service on 13 14 95.

Help reduce the incidence and impact of burn injury

Burns Trust

Australia’s leading non-profit organisation dedicated to burn injury, facilitating and enabling programs and initiatives. Burn injury is one of the top 3 causes of accidental death in children under five years of age and one of the 3 most common injuries suffered by an Australian each year.

Prevention

  • National Community Awareness
  • Burnsafe Schools Program
  • Aboriginal Burns Program

Care 

  • National Community Grants
  • Patient Care Services

Support

  • Adult Burn Survivor Education & Support Forum
  • Rebound Burns Survivor Fund

The Julian Burns Trust will be at the Sydney Pregnancy, Babies & Children’s Expo to provide burns safety info to parents.

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For FREE tickets visit the website

Come together for the MS Walk and Fun Run, June 5!

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The MS Walk and Fun Run is organised every year to raise money and awareness for people living with Multiple Sclerosis. Help them achieve their fundrasing goal of $650,000!

Most symptoms of multiple sclerosis go unnoticed by everyone except the person living with them. One day they can alter your memory, the next your vision. Striking without warning and leaving no trace, they are invisible. 23,000 people are living with MS in Australia.

Join participants  and take part in a 5km or 10km course at Sydney Olympic Park.

For more information or to register for the event, visit the MS Walk and Fun Run website.

June is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month!

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If you have any concerns, see GP at Waitara Medical by making an appointment.
You can book your appointment online by visiting www.waitaramedical.com                                                                                      or   call    Waitara Medical at 80381070

 

May 31 World No Tobacco Day!

 World   NO Tobacco Day   31 May 2016

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Do you know

  • Tobacco kills up to half of its users.
  • Tobacco kills around 6 million people each year.
  • More than 5 million of those deaths are the result of direct tobacco use while more than 600 000 are the result of non-smokers being exposed to second-hand smoke.

Visit the WHO website for more information.

If you want to QUIT smoking, see GP at Waitara Medical by making an appointment.
You can book your appointment online by visiting www.waitaramedical.com                                                                                      or   call    Waitara Medical at 80381070

 

Exercise Right!

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Exercise Right

Inspiring people to live happier and healthier lives

Exercise Right wants to empower people to exercise right for who they are and their condition.

Visit Exercise Right’s website for more information and follow stories of Exercise Right’s success!

If you want to speak to a doctor to discuss how to exercise right make an appointment at Waitara Medical.
You can book your appointment online by visiting www.waitaramedical.com                                                                                      or   call    Waitara Medical at 80381070

2016 Influenza Season has arrived – get vaccinated!

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Waitara Family Medical Practice are now offering government funded and private flu vaccines.

Vaccination is the best form of protection against the flu!

Influenza, commonly known as the flu, spreads easily from person to person through infected droplets in the air and by hands. Vaccination is the single most effective way of preventing and stopping its spread. There is no live virus in the flu shot and the composition changes every year so it is important to be vaccinated against the flu annually.

The government provides free influenza vaccines to the following eligible people;

  • People aged over 65
  • Pregnant women (safe to be given in all stages of pregnancy)
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 6 months to 5 years
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 and over
  • People aged 6 months or older with chronic health conditions, such as;
    • Severe asthma
    • Heart or lung disease
    • Diabetes
    • Renal failure
    • Neurological disorders (e.g. MS, seizure disorder)
    • Have an immune compromising condition (e.g. HIV)

If you are not eligible for a free vaccine, you can still get vaccinated with a private vaccine; check the cost with the practice.

If you  are interested in receiving your flu vaccination at Waitara Family Medical Practice,

You can book your appointment online by visiting www.waitaramedical.com                                                                                      or   call    Waitara Medical at 80381070