Friday, May 19, 2006
Diseases of teeth and gums cause harmful pathogens to come in the bloodstream and invade the body and very important organs and this is proving to be a serious problem for those who are poorly or frail, and especially for that undergoing heart surgery.
A Medicare rebated consultation would get the patient some antibiotics, painkillers and blood tests but not a tooth extraction, which is causing their sickness.
Recent research shows that large numbers of elderly people are pain from malnutrition, and while some of this might be due to poor diet, researchers recommended that federally funded dental services require to be reinstated, as a priority.
Of course the Federal Government will respond by saying the states must take care of this now that they have the GST money.
There seems to be no effectual public dental care in Wodonga, and in Albury the public dental clinic almost ceased operation when the only part-time dentist went on leave.
NSW lays claim to having a larger economy than Singapore and Malaysia and even several times that of New Zealand and yet the elderly, ill, disabled and psychiatric patients are ignored.
There is something barbaric about this approach to the allocation of resources.
A Medicare rebated consultation would get the patient some antibiotics, painkillers and blood tests but not a tooth extraction, which is causing their sickness.
Recent research shows that large numbers of elderly people are pain from malnutrition, and while some of this might be due to poor diet, researchers recommended that federally funded dental services require to be reinstated, as a priority.
Of course the Federal Government will respond by saying the states must take care of this now that they have the GST money.
There seems to be no effectual public dental care in Wodonga, and in Albury the public dental clinic almost ceased operation when the only part-time dentist went on leave.
NSW lays claim to having a larger economy than Singapore and Malaysia and even several times that of New Zealand and yet the elderly, ill, disabled and psychiatric patients are ignored.
There is something barbaric about this approach to the allocation of resources.
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