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  • School urged to spell out risks of sports drugs

    18 May, The Age - National The World Anti-Doping Agency has called for every Australian school student to be taught about the dangers of performance-enhancing drugs, saying children are risking their health by taking steroids and sports supplements.

  • Man made a work of art by medical student Louis Auzoux

    17 May, The Australian IN Paris in the 1820s, medical student Louis Auzoux brought home corpses and various body parts to help with his anatomy training.

  • Rate of bulk billing hits record high

    14 May, Brisbane Times The proportion of GP visits being bulk-billed has hit a record high, with 82.4 per cent of GP services in the first three months of the year provided at no cost to the patient.

  • Aust doctor in major brain breakthrough

    14 May, Sky News Australia A trio of Australian and American scientists has made a discovery that could radically change the understanding of how the brain repairs itself. They have shown that other parts of the brain take over to compensate for lost function if there is damage to the hippocampus, a part of the brain respons

  • Exclusive: Retired doctors to lose script rights

    13 May, Perth Now ABOUT 1200 retired doctors are set to lose their right to write scripts and refer patients to specialists as the new national medical registration body moves to improve patient safety.

  • Newcastle researchers question manflu myth

    9 May, Virtual Medical Centre Men are popularly maligned for wilting like cheap supermarket flowers at the first winter sniffle, however data from Flutracking.net, Australia's online influenza-like illness surveillance system, raises questions about the Manflu myth.

  • Less time in hospital with expansion of criteria led discharge program

    9 May, Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association A discharge process which helps reduce how long patients stay in hospital will soon be rolled out across SA’s metropolitan public hospitals, following a successful three-month pilot at Flinders Medical Centre.

  • Dr Roger Sexton appointed to NPS MedicineWise Board

    9 April, Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association General practitioner and professional education advocate Dr Roger Sexton has been appointed as director of the NPS MedicineWise board in the role of Health Practitioner (GP) director.

  • Anti-vaccination campaigns threaten measles-free status

    20 March, ABC [Canberra] An infectious diseases expert says pockets of immunisation resistance are putting Australia's measles-free status at risk. Australia achieved its elimination status for measles in 2008, due to its effective immunisation program.

  • Hospitals waiting list to ensnare 55,000

    20 March, Sydney Morning Herald Victoria's elective surgery waiting list will climb by 20 per cent to more than 55,000 patients by June, continuing what doctors and nurses say is an alarming trend that puts patients at risk.

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MIGA is pleased to announce it has entered into an agreement with QBE and Invivo for MIGA to acquire the Invivo Business.

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MIGA Bulletin - April 2013

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MIGA is a specialist insurer offering a range of insurance products and associated services to the health care profession across Australia.

MIGA provides

  • Medical indemnity insurance for doctors and medical students
  • Professional indemnity for midwives
  • Corporate medical indemnity insurance for organisations providing health care and related services
  • Medico-legal advice and support, claims and risk management services and a range of exclusive policy holder benefits.

We have a strong commitment to providing personal support when it is needed, high quality services and broad based insurance cover tailored to the unique needs of health professionals.

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