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"Waiting lists at long Covid rehabilitation clinics have blown out to more than
five months, as experts call for a nationally coordinated approach to managing
the condition.
An estimated 5% to 12% of people infected with Covid go on to develop long
Covid symptoms – which in Australia could amount to more than 1 million people.
Hospital clinics are bracing for an increase in demand from people still
experiencing symptoms more than 12 weeks after an initial diagnosis.
Anthony Byrne, a physician at St Vincent hospital’s Covid clinic, said he
believed there needed to be a nationally coordinated approach, and suggested
long Covid would be best managed by a new centre for disease control (CDC).
Establishing a CDC was an election commitment of the Labor government.
“What this is exposing unfortunately for us in Australia is that the record
keeping and health information systems are not up to scratch, and we don’t have
a national sort of approach,” Byrne said."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
