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April 2019

Days to Celebrate in April

1 to 30 April Parkinson Awareness Month

1 to 30 April Sexual Assault Awareness Month

2 April World Autism Awareness Day

5 April Walk to work Day

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Upcoming

Events

Weight Watch-

ers Meeting

every Tuesday

from 5.30pm

Reminder Please turn off your

mobile phone or switch to

silent during

consultations.

PODIATRY FEES – REBECCA RUNDELL

FROM 1st JUNE 2019

Due to increasing costs the new

Podiatry fees are as follows:

Initial Consult $75.00

Subsequent Consultation $65.00

EPC Consultation ($52.95 rebated by Medicare) $62.95

EPC Consultation - Concession card holders NO out of pocket cost

Fee for Missed Appointment $20.00

Fee for 2nd Missed Appt $50.00

Walk in Blood Test Available

Between 8.00am and 12.00pm.

NO APPIONTMENT NEEDED

All Pathology Slips welcome

DON’T FORGET TO COME TO RECEPTION

WHEN YOU ARRIVE

It is important that we know you have arrived so we can make the doctor or clinician you are visiting aware.

Please report to reception before taking a seat.

Did you know?

There are over 10 million bricks in the

Empire State Building

It is important to have a yearly flu vaccine to protect against the new flu

“strains”.

People over 65 and those with chronic conditions may be eligible for a free

Government-funded vaccine.

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Allied Health Clinicians at Active Health Portland

Ritesh Kawade - Physiotherapist

Ritesh Kawade holds a Masters in Manual and Sports Physiotherapy in a highly regarded course at

the University of South Australia. He initially graduated from the University of Pune in 2002 and

worked in a hospital in India for seven years before moving to Australia. The chance to work in a

rural community brought him to Portland and Warrnambool. Ritesh works from his clinic The

Hands On Clinic, in Warrnambool 3 days per week and is available at Active Health Portland for all

types of physiotherapy needs 2 days per week

Rebecca Rundell - Podiatrist

Rebecca Rundell holds a Bachelor of Podiatry. She has also trained in Foot Mobilisation Therapy and is a Qualified

Footwear Fitting Technician. Her special medical interests include Occupational Footwear, Biome-

chanics and Foot Mobilisation Therapy. Rebecca is currently working in private practice as well as

conducts a private clinic at Active Health Portland on Mondays. Rebecca provides a private service

offering general podiatry, nail care, biomechanics, orthotics, sporting injuries, diabetes manage-

ment, paediatrics, footwear advice and gait analysis. Private patients do not require a referral for

this service. DVA patients will however require a referral. Fees per consult are $60-$65 for private

patients and $55-$60 for concession card holders. For further information or bookings, please

phone Active Health Portland on 5522 1200..

Nikki Edwards - Podiatrist

Nikki Edwards holds a Diploma of Applied Science (Podiatry) and has worked in private and public practice in Port

Lincoln, Gladstone, Rockhampton and Portland. Nikki’s special medical interests are high risk foot

care and wound management.

Nikki provides Home and Community Care funded podiatry to clients who are frail, aged, disabled

and also their carers. The aim with this podiatry service is to prevent long term complications asso-

ciated with chronic health conditions such as diabetes. Access to this service is by contacting cen-

tral intake at Portland District Health on 5521 0653.

Rita O’Toole– Psychologist and a Family Therapist

Rita is a psychologist and a family therapist employed by Centacare. The

focus of her work is family and couple relationships. She is also avail-

able to individuals. Clients may be referred by doctors or allied health

practitioners or by local welfare and community agencies. A Medicare referral is not re-

quired.

Counselling services are subsidised by the Federal Government. A means tested co-

contribution is usually negotiated for those who access the service

Rita’s best contact number is via Warrnambool Centacare office 55593000, or via Active

Health staff and reception .

She is available at Active Health every Wednesday between the hours of 9am and 4 pm.”

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I have owned two Harley Davidson Motorbikes.

My family are motorsport fans, so I go to the racing events.

I volunteer with Team Medical Australia to provide medical sup-

port to motorsport teams and officials

Headspace Portland offer counselling appointments

for young people aged 12- 25 years old.

Monday Available for appointments

Tuesday 10am-12pm Walk-in service 2pm-4pm Intake

Appointments

Wednesday Available for appointments

Thursday Available for appointments

Friday Available for appointments

Closed on weekends.

The contact number to access counselling through Headspace Portland is (03)

5522 1484.

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A Message from Dr Margaret Garde

To each of my valued patients,

Due to a number of other commitments both personal and professional, I have decided to retire from regular con-

sulting at Active Health.

For some time patients have indicated it is increasingly difficult to book in initial, ongoing or follow up appoint-

ments with me. It is not fair or sustainable for patients to feel this way. As a result I am encouraging all patients

who have been seeing me, to transfer their clinical care to another doctor whom they trust and will be intimately

involved in their on going care.

We have an amazing team at Active Health and our doctors are all wonderful clinicians.

I have always believed strongly in the continuation of care and patient choice.

It is also important that patients have reasonable access to a GP of their choice, where possible.

Whilst I will still be available in the practice in my role as clinical director, my working with medical students and

to cover for each of the doctors who take leave, this makes my availability much reduced.

My commitment to medical education remains unchanged as such bookings with the medical students will still be

available but only for urgent and book on the day concerns. Patients will then be referred back to their usual GP

for follow up care.

In the interest of good continuity of care, it is vital that your GP be a more regular doctor who is familiar with your

patient history.

I will still consult for educational and leave cover purposes but will not be booking regular appointments in ad-

vance.

As far as possible no changes will be made to existing appointments for 2018, I will however no longer be making

new appointments after the end of 2018.

Please see attached our list of available GPs and feel free to choose 1 or 2 GPs whom you would like to see for

your usual GP and ongoing care. Please leave a message if you would like to discuss this further and I will endeav-

our to get back to you.

Thank you for your support

Yours sincerely

Dr Margaret Garde MBBS FRACGP FACRRM

Clinical Director

Active Health Portland

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GP REGISTRARS

Dr Farideh Lashkary

Dr Lashkary was born in Iran . Dr Lashkary was awarded a scholarship to study Medicine in In-

dia . While working as a volunteer doctor in an Indian village she met her husband John, who

is Australian . She subsequently moved to Australia and has lived in rural Victoria on a farm for the last 30

years with her husband and daughter. Dr Lashkary's professonal interests include Mental health and preven-

tive Medicine. Dr Lashkary enjoys working in country Victoria, having previously been based in Hamilton,

Bendigo, Camperdown, and now Portland. Special interests include, mental health and preventative health

care.

Dr Ion Pop

Dr Ion Pop comes to Portland from a busy outer-metropolitan health Service. Dr Pop has a

passion for primary and preventative medicine, and having grown up in regional south-west

Victoria he is committed to making a contribution to our community. Dr Pop has a strong

interest in chronic disease management and skin cancer medicine.

Dr Thomas Majer

Dr Thomas Majer completed an undergraduate degree in biomedical science

at Monash before completing a post graduate degree at Deakin. He spent the

last two years of his medical training in Warrnambool where he decided to

stay for his internship and residency.

Whilst at SWHC he worked as a paediatric GP registrar for 3 months and has

an interest in child health. He also enjoys dermatology and is a keen surfer and spends a lot

of his spare time in the water.

Dr Linda Anderson

Dr Linda Anderson comes to medicine later in life – proud to be the 100th

graduate from the Warrnambool Clinical School of Deakin University (2016).

Before entering medicine, she worked as a secondary school science and

mathematics teacher, and then she served over 25 years as an Australian Army officer

in the Transport, Education and Nursing corps. While keen to embrace all aspects of

general practice, Linda hopes to develop special interests in aged and palliative care,

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CLINICAL STAFF ON LEAVE

Dr Vishnu Sangangari 15th to 18th April

Dr Ion Pop 23rd to 26th April

Dr. Ann Dunbar 10th to 23th April

If you require an appointment please contact reception to arrange an ap-pointment time.

General Practitioners

Dr Deborah Carrington

Dr Carrington holds a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (Honours) and

a Bachelor of Medical Science from the University of Melbourne. She completed

her Internship and Residency with Eastern Health in Melbourne and joined the

GP Training Program in 2011. Deborah has worked in Hospitals, Aged Care, Re-

habilitation and Palliative Care as well as Medical Clinics. Her special medical in-

terests include Infant sleep and settling, Breastfeeding support and Women’s

Dr Daryl Pedler

Dr Daryl Pedler graduated from the University of Adelaide in 1972 and has

extensive experience in both General Practice and Emergency Medicine. His

interest in Medical Education also led to senior teaching roles within the

Dr Samsun Nahar

Dr Samsun Nahar comes to Portland after working as a General Practitioner

in rural North Queensland. Originally from Bangladesh Dr Samsun migrated

to Australia with her family in 2009.

Dr Ann Dunbar

Dr Dunbar holds a Fellow of Royal College of Physicians (Edin), a Fellow of

the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and a Bachelor of

Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery St Andrews. She has had extensive experi-

ence working as a GP in both Scotland and Australia. Her special medical

interests include Women’s Health, Cardiovascular medicine, Travel Medi-

cine and Migraines.

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Do you need a script? It is the policy at Active Health Portland that you see a GP

when you require a script. It is the duty of care of your GP to ensure their patients are keeping in good health this is

why we have this policy in place. When you come in to

get a script the GP can ensure that you are having no

adverse side effects and that the medication is helping

you in the way it should.

Please ensure you check on your medication and scripts

regularly so that you can make a time to organise a

script well ahead of time. This will help to ensure you

can see your regular GP for the script that is required.

Appointment Lengths at Active Health When you see a GP at Active Health Portland it is important that your appointment is long enough to

deal with the issues at hand. This will avoid the GP having to rush through each consult and also allow

patients to have as short a wait time as possible. The standard appointment times are listed below:

If you feel that these appointment times do not suit any issue you may need to see your GP about

please let your GP or reception know so that a suitable appointment can be organised.

Active Health Portland - Consultation Times

Standard Appointment 15 mins

This type of appointment may include single and/or minor issues, repeat

scripts, immunisation, medical certificate etc.

Long Appointment 30 mins

This type of appointment may include more than one issue, complex

medical issues, recent hospital admission, skin lesion removal, multiple

chronic conditions, mental health issue, pap smear etc

Please note: If your health needs require an appointment which is longer than these times, or the GP has requested a

longer time, please advise the receptionist when booking and we will consult with the doctor about the best time to

make this appointment for you.

Bulk Billing at Active Health Portland

At times when you come to Active Health Portland you may be asked to

pay for the service you receive at this clinic.

Bulk Billing is available, however this is not for all

appointments. In general it is always for those that

hold a Health Care Card, or Pension Card, Students

up to the age of 25 and Children under 16. All other

visits will be charged at the discretion of the GP

which you see on the day.

We encourage all patients to return to reception after their appointment

and ensure any charges are settled on the day. If you have forgotten to

see reception before you leave you may receive an account in the mail.

If you have your bank account details registered with Medicare then

when you pay for your account we will send this information straight to

Medicare and they will deposit your refund straight into your bank ac-

count without you having to take it in to them. In most cases the out of

pocket cost is approximately $20 for a GP

appointment.

If you have any financial issues with paying

your account then please let your GP know

so that they are aware. Alternatively you can

talk to Reception and they can follow this up

with the GP that you saw.

If you have any further questions about payment of accounts please do

not hesitate to ask at Reception or call the clinic on 5522 1200.

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Ingredients

Method

Quinoa

57 g (1/3 cup) quinoa (white) 1/2 tbsp olive oil 188 ml (3/4 cup) low fat chicken stock/vegetable stock

Curry Quinoa Fritters

100 g carrot 1 tbsp fresh chives (1/4 cup) green Spring onions (green tips only) 1 tbsp fresh cilantro 1/4 tsp mild curry powder 1/2 tsp paprika 3 large egg (1/4 cup) gluten free all-purpose flour Season with salt & pepper

Low Fat Aioli

(1/4 cup) mayonnaise 1/2 tsp garlic infused oil Season with black pepper 1 tsp lemon juice*

1.Rinse the quinoa under running water using a fine mesh sieve for 40 seconds (this will help re-move the bitter taste). Place the quinoa in a me-dium saucepan with the olive oil, and toast for 1 minute over medium high heat. Then add the chicken/vegetable stock. Bring to a boil. Turn down the heat to medium low and allow to sim-mer until cooked (about 12 to 15 minutes). Re-move from heat once the quinoa is soft (it’s okay if it is still a little bit wet). 2.While the quinoa cooks, peel and grate the car-rot. Finely chop the chives, fresh cilantro, and spring onion (green tips only). 3.Whisk the eggs and gluten free all- purpose flour in a large bowl until relatively smooth (a few flour lumps are okay). Then add the curry pow-der, paprika, carrot, chives, fresh cilantro, and spring onions(green tips only). Mix well. Then mix through the cooked quinoa. Season generously with a few grinds of salt and pepper. 4.Heat a large frypan over medium heat. Wait until the frypan is hot and then measure out ¼ cup scoops of mixture. Fry for about 3 to 4 min-utes per side (flip once the side is golden). Cook the fritters in batches. 5.While the fritters cook make the aioli. Mix the mayonnaise, garlic infused oil, and lemon juice together in a small bowl. Season with black pep-per. Taste and adjust flavours as desired. 6.Serve the cooked curry quinoa fritters with the low fat aioli on the side. These make a great low

Prep: 20 mins

Cook: 20 mins

Serves: 2

( 4 Fritters Per

Serve)

Curry Quinoa Fritters with Low Aioli