Health
‘Long term effects of the pandemic, bushfires will be severe. The recovery will take years’ – Brisbane Times
Australia’s GPs warn the mental and physical health consequences of 2020 will be severe and demand radical reforms to cope with the long years of recovery ahead….
“The last 12 months have tested Australia’s healthcare system like no other time in living memory,” RACGP’s acting president Associate Professor Ayman Shenouda said.
“The long term effects of the pandemic and the bushfires are going to be severe and the recovery phase will take years,” he said.
The report referred to modelling that suggested Australia could see a 13.7 per cent rise in suicide deaths over the next five years due to high rates of unemployment and reduced community connectedness, as…
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