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Call for action on hospital access
7th December, 2001
AMA Victoria President, Mukesh Haikerwal, and Executive Director of the Council on the Ageing Australia, Denys Correll, today called on the new Minister for Health, Kay Patterson, and private hospitals and health insurers to ensure equity of access to ...
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Private Hospital access fears confirmed
7th December, 2001
AMA Victoria President, Mukesh Haikerwal, today released the results of a survey of doctors, which confirm fears that certain patients have difficulty gaining access to private hospitals when they need to. "Of the 520 doctors who responded to o...
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Public hospital strain set to continue
31st October, 2001
AMA Victoria President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, said today the funding promises to date from the Liberal and Labor parties will do little to ease the strain in Victorian public hospitals. "Victorians will continue to suffer long waiting times for pu...
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ALP policy will increase public hospital budget by 1%
24th October, 2001
AMA Victoria President, Mukesh Haikerwal, has welcomed the ALP’s commitment to public hospitals, but said the money announced will only increase the budget spent on public hospitals in Victoria by 1%. "The spending increase announced by the...
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Aged care bed numbers: electorate by electorate
29th September, 2001
AMA Victoria has released information today which details the availability of aged care beds in each Victorian electorate, compared to national benchmarks. AMA Victoria aged care spokesperson, Dr Mark Yates, said while it was acknowledged that Victori...
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More drugs funding must be well targeted
26th September, 2001
AMA Victoria President, Mukesh Haikerwal, has welcomed the state government’s commitment to a drug prevention and treatment strategy, but is concerned about the likely success of some of the specific initiatives. "Everyone acknowledges tha...
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Waiting lists only half the story
21st September, 2001
The drop in the elective surgery waiting list numbers announced by the state government today is good news, but is only half the story, AMA Victoria President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal said today. "News of a drop in the number of people on the electiv...
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Victorians mourn passing of Puggy Hunter
5th September, 2001
The Rural Workforce Agency of Victoria and Australian Medical Association Victoria, have expressed their grief about the death of the Chair of the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, Dr Arnold (Puggy) Hunter. CEO of RWAV, Dr...
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Smoking bans good, but let's go further
27th June, 2001
AMA Victoria President, Mukesh Haikerwal, today welcomed the new Victorian government bans on smoking in dining areas, but warned the restrictions needed to go further. "AMA Victoria voted in 1997 to support a ban on smoking in all enclosed publi...
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Government red tape restricts young doctors
15th June, 2001
Doctor-in-training and AMA Victoria Vice-President Dr Chris Merry, said today that changes proposed by the Health Minister Dr Michael Wooldridge in the Health Legislation Amendment (Medical Practitioners’ Qualifications and Other Measures) Bill, ...
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Medical experts debate life and death issues
23rd May, 2001
AMA Victoria has pulled together some of the leading lights in the medical and legal fields to participate in a hypothetical exploring the place of medicine in the debate about quality of life versus quantity of life. The hypothetical, to be moderated...
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Western Suburbs GP New AMA Victoria President
16th May, 2001
AMA Victoria’s new President is Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, an Altona GP, who was elected unopposed to the position last night at a Special AMA Victoria Council Meeting. Dr Haikerwal has been a Vice-President of AMA Victoria for the past three years a...
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AMA calls for $600 million injection
20th March, 2001
AMA Victoria has called for an increase of $600 million in funding for the public health sector in its submission to the state budget process, AMA Victoria President, Dr Michael Sedgley said today. "Our hospital staff are finding it increasingly ...
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Doctors help even more quitters
8th February, 2001
Doctors are at the frontline in helping people quit smoking, according to the latest QUIT Evaluation Study. The Study found that more doctors are helping their patients to quit smoking by providing information and advice about quitting. This is a sign...