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Skinny 16 years ago

Hero of the day – Dr Rob Carson

20/05/2009 Skinny

Boy falls off bike. Boy has a headache. Boy’s headache worsens. Mum is a nurse and whips him to the local country hospital. Boy begins to fall in and out of consciousness. Doctor recognises bleeding on the brain. “Bugger – I’m only a GP. I’ll phone a neuro surgeon in Melbourne”. Neuro surgeon tells doctor […]

Skinny 17 years ago

The hype of Tamiflu

15/05/2008 Skinny 1 Comment

It’s interesting to see on Stuff that the government has had to dispose of a large percentage of expired Tamiflu. Was the bird-flu epidemic just a media beat-up? Did the drug companies add to the frenzy and oversell this wonder drug to the New Zealand government? I have no doubt that there was a genuine […]