Tag: influenza
Residents urged to present for testing if feeling unwell
A PROMINENT medical official has urged people to get tested for COVID-19 if they were unwell with influenza or respiratory symptoms to ensure the...
Aged care health and safety in visitors’ hands
THE region's largest aged care provider has appealed to the wider community not to inadvertently bring the potentially deadly influenza virus into its facilities.
The...
Influx of patients puts hospital emergency department under pressure
MOUNT Gambier Hospital management says all patients are being "prioritised" as presentations to its emergency department surge this week.
It is understood some people have...
Dozens of early flu cases confirmed
REGIONAL residents are urged to have a flu shot amid dozens of people already being struck down with influenza in the Mount Gambier district.
While...
Frontline infection control initiative
A GROUP of Grant High School students has been given an insight into frontline infection controls at Mount Gambier Hospital, which prevent the spread...
OPINION: Winter illness hits home
COUGH! Cough, cough!
It’s cold and ‘flu season.
It’s also school holidays and the grandchildren have arrived from Perth.
Instead of flowers on the kitchen window sill,...
Vaccine available to help prevent flu
GLENELG Shire residents are being urged to protect themselves against the flu this winter by getting their annual flu vaccination[...]
Flu outbreak contained
THE influenza outbreak gripping Mount Gambier's largest aged care provider has eased with no new cases being confirmed at two of its sites in...
GP confirms rise in flu cases
A GENERAL practitioner has confirmed a rise in flu cases this year following a serious outbreak of Influenza A at a Mount Gambier nursing...
Flu crisis worsens
THE unprecedented influenza crisis gripping Mount Gambier's largest aged care provider continues to escalate with more residents yesterday being suspected of developing the infection.
Two...
Flu outbreak threatens residents
AGED care operator Boandik has been hit with a major influenza outbreak with up to 23 residents at its Crouch Street facility being tested...
Flu outbreaks hit aged care centres
VICTORIANS with the flu are being warned to avoid aged care facilities after the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed the eighth death of a resident at a retirement village in the state.[...]