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In this issue:

Issue 83
  • A message from the CEO
  • The National Strategic Action Plan for Pain Management
  • New National Preventive Health Strategy
  • Australian Burden of Disease Study: impact and causes of illness and death in Australia 2015
  • A funding fix for Aged Care?
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  • In the media​​​​​​​

Out and About

New ACT Pain Clinic

Painaustralia staff visited the new comprehensive pain management centre at Calvary Clinic in Canberra.   The Canberra Region Neurology and Pain Centre will focus on holistic pain management for chronic and cancer pain. The new clinic is a partnership between Dr Roopa Gawarikar, a radiation oncologist, and Dr Yash Gawarikar, a specialist stroke neurologist.

 

 

 

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