It& #39;s been another big week at @CroakeyNews, as you’d expect, which looks to provide a different lens on #coronavirus (and broader health) issues & amplify different voices in Aust. Leading the charge over the last week were @MelissaSweetDr & @DrRuthAtLarge.
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Thanks to Vanessa Hickey and Wendy Spencer from the Dharriwaa Elders Group, and Dr Jacqui Webster from @georgeinstitute for writing how city panic buying has highlighted food system inequities, plunging remote areas into food shortages, with reports of residents going hungry.
They write that many families rely on the meals provided by the school canteen and breakfast programs; now that the children are at home, they are running short of food and ongoing shortages at the Walgett IGA are exacerbating this food insecurity. https://croakey.org/walgett-community-unites-to-tackle-pandemic-related-food-shortages/">https://croakey.org/walgett-c...
The Dharriwaa Elders Group – working with key local organisations and @UNSW @gwiwater @georgeinstitute @NSWHealth – has formed the Walgett Food and Water for Life Working Group. It needs funding to improve access to food and safe drinking water - @NACCHOAustralia @NACCHOChair
. @peta_ivy_ writes that the Dharriwaa Elders Group is working hard to mitigate the risk of potential harm caused by coercive compliance, through advocating for an alternative approach which is community-led and community-focussed, namely:
Speaking of equity, & in collab with @insidestorymag @MelissaSweetDr canvases concerns re whether the new public/private hospital deal will benefit those most in need while PHI looks set to profit by the billion from the #COVID19 crisis https://croakey.org/lets-not-waste-this-crisis/">https://croakey.org/lets-not-... @insidestorymag
A hastily compiled list of dotpoints from @KangarooBeach told graphically of life on the #coronavirus frontline for a rural GP who had already been through terrible bushfires this year @Fly_texan @DrMLivingston @RuralDoctorsAus @ACRRM
Melbourne GP Dr Cath Keaney also talked about multiple layers of pressure: for her at risk family, for patients and staff, the fear of being “invisible” in pandemic planning and an unexpected financial hit. Plus the loss of downtime and stress relief. https://croakey.org/the-doctors-shouldering-a-pandemic-in-an-already-stretched-system/">https://croakey.org/the-docto...
Another lingering and devastating question for many is, in a surge, who gets access to lifesaving support and who doesn’t. There has been much written about doctors weeping in hospital corridors over making such "ethical triage" decisions https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2005689?query=featured_home">https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/...
He asks: Why is there a criminal investigation into the docking of the Ruby Princess but no inquiries into the lack of a response to stranded cruise ships, consistent with international and domestic law by Australian governments since #COVID19 hit the nation over a month ago?
Most agree that Australian health authorities and politicians have got better in their messaging on the #coronavirus pandemic, after a particularly bad start and still nothing like this cracker video from @OHdeptofhealth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4PnSYAqQHU&feature=emb_share&fbclid=IwAR2VU_YfncKAUF8Oc9WDUnI1zegd2FL2X-AsrGuJasA-trpC0U6CrGo1Nv0">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
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