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Subscriber only Yazmina Adler, owner of the Khemia HI Vibe Frequency Salon at Palm Beach, unleashed a storm of controversy when she announced on Instagram this week that clients who had received the jab were not welcome in her shop because of the vaccine s unknown health effects and reputed unusual signs and symptoms within the menstrual cycle . The decision was slammed as ill-informed to the point of being dangerous and irresponsible by Dr Bruce Willett, Queensland chair of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. While other health experts labelled it as absurd, ridiculous and causing a public health risk , and Dr Sonu Haikerwal, of the Upper Coomera Respiratory Clinic and Haan Health called it a slap in the face to the health workers who ve ensured the community remains free of COVID-19 .
Queensland GPs fear patients will lose faith and abandon COVID-19 jabs after repeated issues with supply. Some doctors have been forced to beg and borrow supplies from nearby hospitals and work on holidays, with no extra pay, to avoid cancelling appointments and keep up confidence in the community. McDonald s could do a better job of this rollout, frontline doctor and General Practice Gold Coast chair Kat McLean told
The Sunday Mail. We have no certainty of supply. Vaccines are not being delivered when 1000 people are booked in for their vaccine. How do we do this? Deliveries not turning up is happening throughout the state said Dr Bruce Willett, the Queensland chair of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, who runs a clinic in the Moreton area.
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THE growing disconnect between teenagers and the real world is exacerbating mental health issues and a contributing factor in the spike in youth crime, a prominent Gold Coast general practitioner says. Dr Sonu Haikerwal, former president of the Gold Coast Medical Association and co-owner of Haan Health, said the quick-fix mentality that came with unfettered access to the internet and social media was damaging young people. Dr Sonu Haikerwal. Picture: John Gass Whatever they have they can always find someone who has something better, so there s a lack of contentment, there s a need to always do more and have more, she said.