Letters to the Editor joint under CT guidance by a radiologist familiar with the problem. I was fortunate enough to have been taught this by an experienced GP of the old school who performed surgery, gave anaesthetics and delivered babies. That was 22 years ago and since then I have had enormous reward from diagnosing and treating this problem. My mother even asks me once or twice a year for an injection into one of her S-I joints!
Dr Belinda McManus, GP Anaesthetist
along came Pfizer with their discovery of pregabalin. It is a superb medication. I wish George every success in finding a cure for MS. But when I look back at the work of the likes of Prof Ian Donald (practical obstetrics ultrasound) Godfrey Hounsfield (3-dimensional X-Ray scans) and Peter Mansfield (magnetic resonance imaging) – these men were superb scientists who donated to us doctors the results of their discoveries. Methinks the pharmaceutical industry is the same.
Dr Michael Morley, Crawley
Good science in drug industry Dear Editor, The story of Prof George Jelinek (Doctor Heal Thyself, May) was a great read. I was a gynae registrar when George did his preregistration house jobs at Fremantle Hospital in 1980 and I knew then what a gifted young doctor he was. However, I cannot agree with his comments on the pharmaceutical industry, that it seduces our profession. My personal experiences illustrate this. In the past year I have been suffering from peripheral neuropathy. No cause has ever been found and the old description of the disease – “Flail fingers and flail toes” – is correct. No medication was helping the depression, insomnia and anxiety until, thankfully,
Kaleeya Services Dear Editor, I have recently taken up the position of GP liaison at Kaleeya Hospital, East Fremantle, for Obstetric and Gynaecology services. Following on from your Women's Health edition in April I thought it would be timely to highlight the general gynaecology services on offer to GPs, especially those in the South Metro Area. There are currently General Gynaecology clinics running both at Kaleeya Hospital and Fremantle Hospital. Dr Phillip Rowlands and Dr Ab Basu are the Consultant Gynaecologists at Kaleeya, and perform all non-emergency elective gynaecology procedures, including laparospcopies,
colposcopy, LLETZ, and IUD insertion. Some procedures, such as Colposcopy, LLETZ can be put through the Ambulatory Surgery Initiative (ASI). Dr Steve Harding and Dr John Overton run the Fremantle Hospital Gynaecology services. To make a referral to the gynaecology clinic at either Kaleeya or Fremantle, the usual Teaching Hospital Outpatient form should be filled out and sent to Outpatient Central receipting at Fremantle Hospital. If it is for an ASI surgical procedure, include Dr Rowlands /Dr Basu's name on the referral. Services that cannot be provided by the Fremantle Hospital Gynaecology team include emergency Gynaecology, Termination of Pregnancy, Counselling and Oncology. www.fhhs.health.wa.gov.au/GP /handbook.aspx.
Dr Helena Goodchild, GP Liaison Kaleeya Hospital, East Fremantle
Correction Medical Forum apologises for an error in the Caring for the Carer article in the May edition. The participants in the Families4Families (F4F) support group should have been referred to as ‘consumers’. We regret any distress caused to those involved.
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