2017 Flu vaccines are now available at Langton Medical Centre. Call our friendly reception staff to book with your GP on 9791 8888.
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The Langton Medical Centre will be closed on Australia Day, Thursday the 26th January. For urgent matters please call ‘000’. For non-urgent matters you can call our visiting locum service on 13 74 25.
We will open as normal on Friday 27th January.
The Langton Medical Centre will be open on the following days over the Christmas and New Year period:
Friday 23rd December – 8am – 7pm
Saturday 24th December – 9am – 1pm (Christmas Eve)
Sunday 25th December – CLOSED (Christmas Day)
Monday 26th December – CLOSED (Boxing Day)
Tuesday 27th December – CLOSED (Public Holiday)
Wednesday 28th December – 8am – 7pm
Thursday 29th December – 8am – 7pm
Friday 30th December – 8am – 5pm
Saturday 31st December – 9am – 1pm
Sunday 1st January – CLOSED (New Years Day)
Monday 2nd January – CLOSED (Public Holiday)
Dr Katrina Lenarongoito has returned from maternity leave. Call our friendly staff to arrange an appointment.
In 2016, National Diabetes Week will be 10-16 July. This year Diabetes Australia will be highlighting the tragedy of diabetes-related amputations. Every year, more than 4,400 amputations are carried out as a result of diabetes. We need to do more to reduce the impact of diabetes.
More HERE
We are pleased to announce the arrival of Dr Katrina Lenarongoito and her husband Samuel’s dear little baby girl – Nashami Grace.
Katrina is hoping to be back with us in September.
Free influenza vaccine
Influenza vaccination is free to people who are at increased risk of influenza complications, including:
- 65 years and over
- Pregnant women
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged six months to less than five years and aged 15 years and over.
- Anyone aged six months and over with a chronic condition.
Parent’s whooping cough vaccine program
Pregnant women and their partners are eligible for free pertussis containing vaccine. Vaccinating women against pertussis in the third trimester of every pregnancy provides two-for-one protection. The mother is protected and antibodies produced against pertussis during pregnancy are transferred to the infant in utero, providing the newborn infant with protection.
Both of these immunisations are available at the Langton Medical Centre. Please call 9791 8888 to book an appointment.
There are many healthy foods that are great for school lunches.
Encourage your child to be involved in their own lunch preparation, and discuss choices with them.
Read more HERE
https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/lunch-boxes-healthy-ideas
Flu vaccines for 2016 are now here. Call today to book an appointment.
Approximately two million Australians will be invited to screen for bowel cancer free of charge in 2016 with the continued rollout of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP). In 2016: 50, 55, 60, 64, 65, 70, 72 and 74 year-olds will be invited to the NBSCP, with the ages 64 and 72 added for the first time. By 2020, all Australians aged 50 to 74 will be invited to participate every two years. Research shows that 70,000 deaths can be prevented in Australia in the coming 40 years with full roll-out of the program. Fewer than four in ten Victorians who are invited to screen are sending back a completed test kit. Nine in ten bowel cancers can be successfully treated with early detection. Health care providers can play an important role in encouraging their clients to send back their completed tests. For more information on the NBCSP click here.
