Doctors

The Australian Health Service: Getting an X-Ray

2 October 2009 Australia vs UK

You may remember a couple of months ago we were rather concerned about Elizabeth’s health when she returned from school one afternoon. She had a soaring temperature and a hacking cough just at the time when swine flu was sweeping through the country. Thankfully she got over it, well almost. A short while after, the [...]

The Universal Law of Doctors

29 May 2009 Australia vs UK

What are the odds on that? Last week, you may recall, I smashed my video camera and I smashed my elbow during the heavy rainfall . Well, the elbow was bad and so was the camera. The camera repair shop telephoned me today to confirm that it has indeed taken its last movie. So this [...]

The Australian Healthcare System

10 February 2009 Australia vs UK

I have a lot to learn about the Australian healthcare system. But I’ll tell you what I do know. As soon as we arrived, we had to register for a “Medicare” card. This card has the appearance of a credit card but doesn’t work in Kmart. I’ll tell you about Kmart another time. We registered [...]