In this edition
From the President
In-depth look at anaesthesia for Polio Survivors
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Just for laughs.
Member Services.
The good Mail.
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In this edition
From the President
In-depth look at anaesthesia for Polio Survivors
Notice Board
Just for laughs.
Member Services.
The good Mail.
An in depth and very detailed look at anaesthesia for Polio Survivors. As well as a checklist to discuss with your surgeon before surgery.
Read moreThe Polio SA committee is excited to announce that our members can attend a hydrotherapy session at the Repatriation General Hospital pool, off Goodwood Road.
Read moreIf you have medically diagnosed Post Polio Syndrome you may be eligible for the SA Medical Heating and Cooling Concession.
Read morePolio Australia will be hosting two South Australian information session in February.
The information session will cover:
Current information about the Late Effects of Polio
What to tell your health professional
Self-management strategies
Q&A
Local connections
Black Inc. is pleased to announce a new anthology in the Growing Up series.
They are looking for non-fiction pieces that deal with any aspect of growing up chronically ill, deaf, Deaf or disabled. Submissions can be in any manner, tone or style, but should not be academic or scholarly. They should be written in first-person and be honest accounts of lived experience – positive, negative or anything in between.
Read moreInside this edition:
From the President
Volunteers wanted
3 children paralysed by a Polio-like illness in Montreal
Polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea
The importance of friends with similar disabilities
A Polio survivor story
Walk With Me and Health
Retreat photos
Notice board
Polio humour
Members services
Montreal public-health authorities are baffled and disturbed by a surge of cases of children who have become paralyzed by a viral polio-like illness in recent weeks, echoing similar increases in the United States.
Read morePapua New Guinea health authorities have confirmed that the country is experiencing its first polio outbreak in 18 years, after one case of the virus was confirmed in an urban settlement in the country's second largest city.
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