Concussion clinic for NSW
A new Sydney concussion clinic is being set up for children and young adults who have ongoing symptoms.
The Royal North Shore Hospital will operate clinics run by a multidisciplinary team including adult and paediatric neurologists, clinical nurse specialists and a neuropsychologist.
The clinic will accept referrals for school aged children who have symptoms of concussion that continue for more than 10 days after diagnosis. An under 25’s clinic will also operate for those who have a sports-related concussion.
Concussion Clinical Nurse Specialist at RNSH Vicki Evans said the new clinic would aim to not just improve symptoms, but also help patients understand concussion and prevent longer term complications.
She said feedback from concussed patients and their parents and carers before the clinic, was a lack of understanding and certainty as to when it was safe to resume regular activities like return to school and sport.
“It was important for them to understand the mood disorders that often accompany lingering concussions and which are sometimes downplayed or not well recognised when managing patients with this type of head injury,” she said.
GP’s arrest linked to neurological ‘mercy killing’ allegation
A GP in Albany, WA, has been arrested by police who will allege he supplied insulin to a mother who intended to use it to kill her six year old child who has a severely disabling neurological condition.
The 40-year old woman said her daughter had a condition that meant she was unable to move her body voluntarily and found difficult to eat, chew and swallow. She had allegedly been trying to raise money to pay for Masgutova Neurosensorimotor Reflex Integration (MNRI) treatment.
According to the West Australian, the woman has been taken into custody along with a 47-year old GP.