#Medical Supplies Adelaide South Australia​

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Hi, we're Tsuru!

We're a band of high school dumbasses from Adelaide, South Australia and we like queer retellings of folklore!

Our members are:

The Weaver/Storyteller (she/her)

Once a spirit of music and storytelling, the Weaver, or the Storyteller was cast out and left almost powerless after she toyed with the outcomes of stories one too many times. After some time, she gave up on attempting to regain her power and simply continued her craft as best as she could in her new form, eventually forming the band Tsuru.

Description: While she mostly appears to be just an ordinary human, while performing, enough of her power comes back for her to temporarily regain her wings, though they once again vanish when the performance is over. The feathers are every shade from pale purple to dark blue. She mostly plays keyboard, but will sometimes play the guitar if needed, or flute during someone else’s song, and is one of the main vocalists of the band, as she can sing anywhere from tenor to soprano range. She often wears gloves to hide the inkstains on her hands.

The Harmacist (any/all) (@sentientshitpost69),

They were an outcast to society due to their abnormal height and inhuman regeneration, they found their way in helping people using the natural resources of the forests and the nature around them using Phytokinesis. They were eventually enslaved by The System Of Thorned Shields where they were instantly recognised as helpful due to people recognising them from when they helped them previously. They ultimately found their friends when discovering a group of foreign people who accepted him for who he is, they then formed the group of Tsuru.

Description: A tall lanky person who measures to be 178cm tall and wears a ragged white lab coat with a hooded jacket underneath, along with cargo pants for all of the medical supplies that they need & wears a set of masks to hide who they are but when they take them off it reveals a set of sharp animal like teeth without any lips to conceal them along with boots to trek through the rough terrain that they inhabit. A deep and gravelly voice easily turns to a harmonic opera by just the will of them. Usually plays either the bass guitar or classical guitar. They generally like to listen to rock, metal, alt and electronic music and play a lot of video games, ranging from tower defence games, RPGs, sandbox games, to metroidvanias, rogue likes and fighting games. They are also very smart despite their ragged appearance considering that they are a doctor and they have managed to create weapons from mere grass and sticks.

Miki (she/they) (Peony/@sauleline),

Miki was born kinda fucked up, at least as a human, she was born with both cat ears and a tail, and was considered a medical anomaly. Although it’s not normal, she doesn’t really care what shits people give about her, and normally just flips off haters. They were unemployed for a while, and found a poster reaching out for members of Tsuru, and they applied, played a slightly technical rock beat. 

Description: A 5’9ish girl, with a purple undercut, with cat ears and a tail. Normally wears a bomber jacket with a crop top underneath, and jeans, which are cuffed. They also wear either Bright red cons, or Purple cons. She normally goes onto stage with a can of monster. They play the drums, quite aggressively, if/when I (peony irl) get a manual drum kit, there’s a big antifascist A on it, and an inverted pentagram, and a “Holy Fucking Bingle”. 

Baller Bat (he/him) (Jerome/no tumblr as of right now, @vampireslayersrscary on youtube if you want to see some his non-Tsuru stuff)

Vampire, cool, hot, and a bat, negative -13 rizz 🥶, dripped out, his fur is light brown instead of dark brown

We have two other members whose character descriptions are still underway/not begun yet, and this post will be updated when those are finished.

Our music:

Currently, we have two planned albums, The Selkie's Weddings and The System Of Thorned Shields

TSW is the story of a selkie, Mara, who has their pelt taken from them and has to figure out a way to escape, with the help of some friends along the way, while TSOTS is the backstory of The Harmacist and a future antagonist.

[odessa-2]

Odessa my prayers are with you knowing what's going on with the covid sitaution lockdowns, also UK is one of the most vaccinated countries, do not know if news about Sam is true, still praying fir him and his family, just heard another lady in Scotland list her father on 27th August. Seems even though you are vaccinated you are 27 percent more likely to catch covid, what's the use. Staying unvaxxed. Praying for all of yous. Hope Sam and Cait, their children and all their families are well.

I'm not sure whether being vaxxed makes you 27 percent more likely to get covid, I think that's probably not true but being vaxxed doesn't stop transmission or infection of the virus. It is a leaky vaccine. Variants will continue to arise and so vaccination cannot an should not be the only way to tackle covid. A heavy focus should be on therapeutics but like anything it's all about money and big bucks are to be made with the vaccines. I'm living in one of the most lock downed citys in the world. We were recently locked down for a mere 4 covid cases state wide with some of the most draconian restrictions which include a 9 PM curfew, strict stay at home orders with movement outside of the home permitted only for essential work, getting supplies, and medical treatment. Exercise once a day for one hour and movement to be limited to within a 5 km radius from our homes. Schools have been closed for months, ( and prior to that they'd been closed for almost a year on and off) places of worship, playgrounds and skate parks have been banned for children and the economy has been crippled, businesses destroyed and suicide rates have reached astronomical numbers; the media of course doesn't touch those statistics.

Vaccine mandates now being pushed in many industries.; no job no work. We are police patrolled and controlled and we are seeing a rise in abuse of police powers; government directed of course. For many years the relationship between the police and the people in this country has been excellent. Not anymore.

Lockdowns dont work. During this draconian lockdown the daily numbers went from 4 to 500 infections per day yet the government is unyielding. State borders within the country have been closed for almost 2 years. People have not been able to see family members within our own country for that period of time. Medical and compassion exemptions are seldom granted unless of course you are a footballer or a celebrity.

A month ago 2 newborn babies residing in the state of South Australia City of Adelaide, needed specialised heart surgery that could only be performed in Melbourne and Sydney and the parents were not granted a medical exemption to travel to the neighboring state despite being double vaxxed. The babies died. I feel the situation in my country has gone beyond Covid and I am saddened at the disgraceful actions of the government. Australia was once a fair a beautiful country.

[corona-journal]

Sigh, whatever dude post....

Get a call from my brother, whose wife is a senior bereaucrat with SA tourism.

She heard that something like 80,000 cars crossed the border from Victoria to South Australia.

If 5 or 10% of those people were infected, with 2 people per car, we can expect a new outbreak.

Eye roll and derision, not quite scorn but awfully close to it.

So, this information thats been on the ABC news, monitoring by police and the medical profession, they all missed this?

Basically they were urging me to keep quiet, race out and stock up on toilet paper, rice, noodles....

Oh for fucks sake, the SA Tourism Commission is not the fucking public health and safety lead on this.

I made polite comments, yeah, right, ok, cool.

Because my wife who is a nurse, my best friend who is a virologist working on a vaccine at Adelaide uni have missed the news....

So, in a moment of pure snark, I urge you, dear reader, to race out, and while stocking up on your allotted toilet paper, buy the softest toilet brush you can, in case it gets that short of supplies again.

[Exits muttering in an annoyed way, reaching for a beer...]

21 July 2020.

Ps, here's something equally ridiculous but funny...

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High-Protein Diet for Fat Burning

If you are pursuing the objective of basic weight-loss, after that there are lots of advantages you can receive from a high healthy protein diet strategy. The concept behind this kind of strategy is adding added healthy protein to your diet regimen, while drastically restricting the amount of carbohydrates you consume. This will force the body to produce ketones, which help to prevent appetite and can compel the body to damage down fat shops at a higher rate than typical. There are some problems over this sort of weight reduction strategy as it can make some individuals drastically upset because of the ketone production as a result of a low carbohydrate diet plan. Getting rid of carbs from the diet can likewise drastically limit the quantity of vitamins and also vital nutrients the body needs completely health and feature. Taking vitamin supplements is a vital component of this kind of diet strategy. Weight gain takes place when extra calories are ingested than are melted every day. For a healthy weight loss, it is necessary to enhance fat burn through exercise and ingest fewer, much more nutrient-rich calories. In order to slim down, a high healthy protein diet regimen plan is the most effective option. Consumption of high quantities of healthy proteins as well as low amount of carbohydrates results in continuous burning of calories.

What High-Protein Diet does?

You need protein in all stages of life. It's the major part of all cells, consisting of muscle mass and bone. A high-protein diet aids: in minimizing carbohydrate consumption, launches water and also develops muscle. Minimized carbohydrate levels help with fat burning by decreasing insulin in the body and stabilizing blood sugar. High Dieta proteica cosa mangiare have been revealed to increase satiation, and cause the consumption of minimal calories in fans, which consequently brings about fat burning. It is however important to adopt the regulations of a healthy balanced diet, reduced in saturated fat and high in vitamins, minerals and also fiber for optimal health as well as weight loss. In straightforward words it generally required for:

A new research has actually discovered that dieters that consume a high protein diet regimen shed more weight than others. The research study was carried out at the College of South Australia in Adelaide as well as released in the American Journal of Clinical Nourishment. When we speak about its advantages, among the major benefits of a high - healthy protein diet plan is the decrease in intake of refined carbs, which aid to lower insulin levels as well as to support blood glucose levels. Additionally, muscle burns extra calories than fat, so developing muscle mass can help to boost metabolic process in the long-lasting. Protein can assist you lose those unwanted extra pounds and maintain your stubborn belly full. Yet it's essential to eat the right amount and the ideal sort of healthy protein to get the health and wellness advantages.

Some kinds of protein as well as healthy protein rich foods are reviewed below:

Soy protein is a dairy-free alternative that is ideal for individuals with lactose intolerance as well as can supply significant health advantages. It is useful for your cholesterol degrees and cardio wellness as well as your overall calorie intake. Soy products often tend to be reduced in calories than their meat as well as milk counterparts; they may help produce quicker as well as much more extensive weight management outcomes.

Seafood is an outstanding resource of protein because it is normally reduced in fat. Seafood is much better for weight management than poultry as a result of the anti-inflammatory buildings of fish and also the added prescription antibiotics and also hormonal agents which are generally included in land-based pets. So, the a lot more you can include fish the much better outcome you will certainly obtain.

Eggs are among the least pricey types of protein. Consisting of a resource of healthy protein like an egg at morning meal in addition to a high fiber grain like entire wheat salute can help you feel complete longer as well as consume less throughout the day. The factor medical professionals suggest eggs can assist in reducing weight is that scientific research study has actually verified that the leucine, a crucial amino acid that is discovered in eggs assists in the decrease of weight in your body.

All beans, lentils, as well as peas are an outstanding vegetarian and also vegan resource of healthy protein. Beans are cost efficient. Beans additionally can be stored for time as well as are readily available in a wide array. Both beans and meat have comparable degrees of protein. Black beans, kidney beans, as well as divided pea soup and so on. Picks one of these as well as see the result.

Integrating lean meats, fish as well as chicken like: lean hen, salmon as well as tuna right into your everyday diet plan will give you a big increase of healthy protein. An average hen breast or salmon fillet can range from 4 ounces to 8 ounces, depending upon the size. Numerous individual turning to high protein diet regimens dramatically increase their intake of lean poultry busts and also fish because they flaunt numerous various other wellness benefits as well. Stay away from breaded or fried hen for finest results.

Nuts, including peanuts, cashews, almonds as well as walnuts all contain healthy protein, as do seeds such as sesame seeds as well as sunflower seeds. Nuts have the ability to stop those yearnings by recovering vital nutrients back right into the body. Since many nuts and seeds are high in fat, you do not intend to make them your key resource of protein. Yet they're fantastic as a post-workout or occasional snack.

Protein drinks are generally protein dish supplements which originate from protein supplements that remain in powdered type. You can likewise mix it with milk for a milkshake-like preference. If you like fruit healthy smoothies, you can also add fruit to your protein shake. With protein shakes you can adhere to the dish replacement method. This suggests that you are intended to change any two of your meals in a day with the protein shake.

You have to be careful regarding what you eat. The suggestion is that if you change your calorie loaded unbalanced meal with a balanced and also healthy choice you can reduce weight. The majority of people have no worry attaining enough healthy protein in their diet regimen. Depending on the target for a diet regimen, a high healthy protein diet strategy can benefit individuals who wish to drop weight or gain muscle mass. The Recommended Dietary Allowance for guys is 56 grams each day as well as 46 grams for females. For the weight reduction benefit however, it is believed that around 120 grams of protein ought to be eaten daily.

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Australia’s largest warship stranded This handout aerial photo taken and released on January 27, 2022 by the Australian Defence Force shows the HMAS Adelaide sitting alongside Nuku'alofa to deliver humanitarian stores and medical supplies following the eruption of undersea volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai on 15 January and the subsequent tsunami. (Photo by POIS Christopher Szumlanski / Australian Defence Force / AFP) / -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Australian Defence Force" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Australia’s largest warship stranded This handout aerial photo taken and released on January 27, 2022 by the Australian Defence Force shows the HMAS Adelaide sitting alongside Nuku’alofa to deliver humanitarian stores and medical supplies following the eruption of undersea volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai on 15 January and the subsequent tsunami. (Photo by POIS Christopher Szumlanski / Australian Defence Force / AFP) / —–EDITORS NOTE — RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO / Australian Defence Force” – NO MARKETING – NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Australia’s largest warship has experienced an “outage” amid reports the vessel is “crippled” after a mission in the South Pacific. The Department of Defence has confirmed Australia’s largest warship has experienced an “outage” amid reports the vessel is “crippled” in the South Pacific. Defence confirmed on Monday evening that the HMAS Adelaide experienced a “power outage” that reportedly left…

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Some KPIs Your Commercial Cleaning Team Should Have

Setting out clear and measurable KPIs can ensure most are on an equivalent page and sets a high standard for your cleaners to satisfy, exceed and maintain over time. Importantly, it also supports a transparent course of action should those KPIs not be met – whether for office cleaning, aged care cleaning, or school cleaning.

So what should Commercial Cleaning KPIs include?

There are five essential pillars we specialize in when defining KPIs for clients at Cleaningedge Commercial Cleaning. These core elements outlined in our performance measurement matrix are:

Satisfaction

Ultimately, you’ll want to be confident that cleaning work is completed when and as you would like it done, and administered to your full satisfaction on an ongoing basis. Our KPIs within this area measure timeliness, due care, efficiency, and overall satisfaction. Communication is important, and we’re regularly in-tuned to make sure nothing is being overlooked or falling by the wayside.

Certain areas like medical cleaning and industrial cleaning would require a selected set of standards to be met, and that we work closely with each client to obviously define these.

Service

We know how important cleaning is to the health, wellbeing, and peace of mind of both your staff and customers, and the way vital it’s that you’ll have access to support and knowledge once you need it. That’s why we measure several KPI aspects within the world of service, including inquiry response times, the power to supply alternate resources if plans change, and meeting regularity.

Simplicity

You have enough on your plate without hidden costs or delays.

Simplicity may be a KPI area that’s often overlooked by other cleaning services, but it matters an excellent deal to most customers. We monitor and measure the accuracy and timeliness of our invoicing, make all costs clear, and assess what percentage of new efficiency initiatives we develop annually.

Safety

Of course, safety is important both for cleaning teams and your own. There should be safety checks and balances in situ together with your cleaning contractors, including maintaining insurance certificates and compliance standards; monitoring injury trends to identify any problems; also as screening, training, and consulting cleaners to take care of rigorous safety standards.

Ours may be a cleaning business franchise model, yet you’ll expect equivalent safety and quality standards across the board in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne, the Gold Coast, Perth, and beyond.

Sustainability

Whether we’re talking about childcare cleaning or maintaining the cleanliness of your public facilities, sustainable measures help to make sure resources are getting used in a way that’s safe for both people and therefore the environment.

Therefore, it’s a crucial KPI area to deliver on. We ensure each Cleaningedge cleaning franchise monitors the utilization of water and electricity as per our Cleaningedge Environment Management Plan, and punctiliously select and monitor chemical use so you’ll enjoy a sparkling clean environment alongside peace of mind.

Put simply, by monitoring and measuring the proper qualities on an ongoing basis, it’s possible to make sure consistent and high-quality cleaning over the future. Cleaning Commercial Cleaning provides meticulous cleaning services throughout New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, and Western Australia. Contact us today for a totally tailored proposal to satisfy your requirements

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Should we be wearing face masks in public during the coronavirus pandemic? Can a cloth mask protect you against COVID-19? - Science

We’re staying at home and washing our hands, but should we wear a face mask when we go to the supermarket?

This is a common question from the ABC audience, while YouTube is awash in DIY-mask videos and the subject has become a focus for misinformation and even conspiracy theories online.

We’ll try to sort fact from fiction and provide some practical advice about face masks in Australia.

Have we been ordered to wear masks in Australia?

While some social media posts claim otherwise, at this point the Australian Government has not recommended all Australians wear face masks

The official advice remains that you only need to wear a mask if you are sick with COVID-19 symptoms, or if you are looking after someone who may have COVID-19.

If you are well, according to the Department of Health, you do not need to wear a face mask.

The most effective way to protect yourself and others against COVID-19 is to frequently and thoroughly wash your hands, cover your coughs and sneezes, and maintain a distance of at least 1.5 metres from others.

Misinformation about facemasks has been circulating on social media.

(ABC News: Supplied)

Misinformation about facemasks has been circulating on social media.

What do masks do?

Face masks are used primarily by people in the community to prevent sick people from spreading infection.

COVID-19 is mostly spread via respiratory droplets — the little secretions we generate when we sneeze or cough — and face masks can help to catch some of these fluid splashes.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently updated its guidelines to recommend all Americans wear cloth or fabric face coverings when they’re in a public place.

This is to reduce the spread of infection by asymptomatic people (meaning they’re sick with COVID-19 but show no symptoms), according to Abrar Chughtai, an infectious disease epidemiologist at the University of New South Wales.

“Those asymptomatic cases can transmit infection, so due to that reason, the CDC is recommending everyone use masks, because … we don’t know who is sick and who is healthy,” Dr Chughtai said.

While there are likely to be asymptomatic cases in Australia, Dr Chughtai said community transmission levels were still “very low” (especially compared to the US), meaning widespread face mask use isn’t necessary.

“If the number of cases surge here at some stage, like in the US or China, probably then the Australian Government would also recommend everyone use masks,” he said.

On YouTube, facemask DIY tutorials are booming.

(ABC News: YouTube screenshot)

On YouTube, facemask DIY tutorials are booming.

ABC News: YouTube screenshot

Is wearing a mask enough to protect me against COVID-19?

No.

Associate professor Craig Lockwood at the University of Adelaide’s Joanna Briggs Institute said if people in the community did wear face masks, they must think of “masks, plus”.

Research shows protection from COVID-19 requires social distancing and practising regular hand hygiene.

Not to mention, you need a mask that fits, that provides good filtration, and you must know how to take it on and off without accidental contamination.

How to remove it only touching the mask’s strings, for example, and remember to wash your hands before putting it on and after taking it off.

“If people just wear a mask and think ‘ok I’m alright now, I’m wearing a mask’, they’re wrong,” he said.

Is any mask a good mask?

Not all masks are created equal.

To begin with, there are two main types of medical-grade masks: surgical masks and respirators.

Surgical masks — the ones you typically see in public — are disposable and loose-fitting, and create a physical barrier between the mouth of the wearer and their immediate environment.

They also help to protect the wearer against large droplets and splashes of fluid from others.

Respirators (such as the P2 masks recommended for bushfire smoke) also protect against large droplets, however, they reduce the wearer’s exposure to much smaller particles, including aerosols.

To effectively wear any kind of mask, it must fit snug around the face and mouth, Dr Lockwood said.  

The disposable surgical masks available at pharmacies may have good filtration properties, but they are unlikely to fit tightly like a respirator.

The material structure of a mask is also a factor in its effectiveness. A proper surgical face mask has a multi-layered barrier, for example.

Dr Lockwood described it as a “three-dimensional maze” that airborne particles must weave through before they can reach the nose or mouth.

Homemade masks are not tested or standardised, so may not have that same structure.

But Dr Chughtai said cloth masks could be a solution in countries where supplies of medical grade masks had to be reserved for healthcare workers.

“Cloth masks provide less protection compared to medical masks, but they still provide some protection,” he said.

Is it OK to make a mask at home?

Many ABC readers have asked whether they should make masks at home, but it’s not so simple.

As mentioned above, surgical masks have a maze-like structure that may be difficult for people to recreate.

A doubled-over tea towel could provide filtration, for example, but it would also be hard to breathe through.

“You have to breathe in and out harder, and that causes more air flow around the sides of a homemade mask,” Dr Lockwood said.

After all, one major problem with homemade masks is the fit.

The benefit of a N95 mask is not just its filtration, but how closely it hugs the face.

“It’s got a good seal all the way around the mouth and nose, and that’s the extra bit that makes it effective compared to a homemade mask,” he said.

And while a DIY cloth mask may provide some filtration, it may not prevent the accumulation of moisture.

“Once it becomes permeable due to moisture, it loses a lot of its effectiveness,” Dr Lockwood said.

When it comes to fashioning face masks out of fabrics, Dr Chughtai said cotton blends (like cotton–polyester) are probably better than pure cotton.

But, he said, they have to be used very carefully, changed frequently (after single use or whenever they got wet), and ideally made out of multi-layered, non-porous fabrics.

Does washing a mask work?

Spraying the outside of a surgical mask with disinfectant may reduce its protective properties and make it less effective, Dr Lockwood said.

“Surgical masks are designed to be hydrophobic or repel liquid.”

Cloth or homemade masks need to be washed after every use, Dr Chughtai said.

“Don’t touch the outer surface of the mask, remove the mask from the strings, and then put it in a bag before cleaning, or directly put it into the laundry,” he added.

Can you clean masks? Not without the right tools.

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Can you clean masks? Not without the right tools.

Can single-use masks be ‘quarantined’ and reused?

A lot of protective medical wear is designed to be disposable.

Even six hours is considered an extended lifespan for a surgical mask, according to Dr Lockwood.

“As soon as someone touches the outside of their mask, then their hands are contaminated as well,” he said.

As for quarantining, there is no evidence putting a mask in a cupboard for 14 days would eradicate the presence of the virus.

“The virus seems to be able to survive quite well on different fabrics for seven or more days, and that end point is not yet fully known,” Dr Lockwood said.

Are we being told to not wear masks to keep them for medical workers?

There is currently a worldwide shortage of face masks, and in Australia, healthcare workers are under increasing pressure due to limited supplies.

It is important medical-grade masks and other personal protective equipment are preserved for healthcare workers who face a much higher risk of being exposed to COVID-19 and becoming ill.

However, limited supplies are not the only reason healthy members of the general public are not advised to wear masks, according to the WHO.

WHO’s epidemic chief Mike Ryan recently said there was no specific evidence to suggest that the wearing of masks by the general population has any particular benefit.

“In fact, there’s some evidence to suggest the opposite,” he said, noting there are risks posed by improperly fitted masks or improperly putting one on or taking one off.

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Solutions for Water Crisis

There are a lot of ways you can help, or even irradicate this kind of problems, especially on the need of clean water, in which we can say one’s life is very dependent on. According to some experts , what metion below are the best solutions.

1. Solar-powered water purifiers

Hot climates suffer from water shortage the most. This is what drove an American schoolgirl to come up with a way to use solar power to purify water. When she was just 15, Deepika Kurup invented a way to use zinc oxide and titanium dioxide in containers that expose it to ultraviolet radiation and cleanse the water, making it suitable to drink. She was on the Forbes’ 2015 30-Under-30 in Energy list and was even awarded the U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize for her invention.

Her invention will help to address the fact that 1.1 billion people worldwide don’t have consistent access to clean drinking water.  Using Kurup’s invention and others like it, people will be able to make contaminated water drinkable so that they don’t have to depend on outside sources.

2. Leak monitors

German utility company, Albstadtwerke, has been using new software to pinpoint leaks and send the data instantaneously to a central data center. Showers, toilets and dripping taps are known to waste water, but the biggest problem is originates from pipelines that lead into the home.

The company believes that almost a third of water is wasted even before it reaches a home. The software, Zonescan Alpha is helping utilities around the world crack down on this inefficiency and massive waste of precious resources.

3. CO2 cleaning

Water is used in many industrial applications, sometimes as a wet coolant or cleaning agent on a grand scale. Both of these activities lead to tons of waste every single year.  To give you an idea of how much, manufacturing a car requires nearly 40,000 gallons of water – just imagine how that much water could benefit a community that’s experiencing a water shortage. Fortunately, technology that would allow for water to be replaced by CO2 has evolved enough to be viable in a wide variety of industries.

CO2 cleaning involves the use of carbon dioxide in solid form, highly propelled dry ice particles out of a nozzle to clean a variety of different surfaces. The technology can be used for composite aircraft and automotive structures, cleaning complex medical equipment, and dry cleaning operations in an eco-friendly way. The CO2 required for these machines is recycled from other industrial uses, so not only does it contribute to solving the water shortage crisis, but also helps with climate change. This is a great example of an environmental solution that kills two birds with one stone.

4. Lifesaver bottles

When the Boxing Day tsunami hit Asia a few years ago, trucks had to be sent in with drinkable water since the floodwater was simply too dirty. This led Michael Pritchard to invent a special bottle that can instantly make water potable. It uses a pump to push the water through a 15-nanometer filter which cleans it of any bacteria or viruses.

Everyone from hikers to the British army has used it since.  In that time it has not only given hundreds of thousands of people clean drinking water, but it’s done so without the financial or environmental costs of delivering water to the places that need them most.

5. Showering with ultra efficiency

We’ve all gotten into a shower, turned on the tap and waited for the water temperature to be just right before we get in. The problem, according to Richard Ogodeton, is that hundreds of millions of people do this every day around the world. In aggregate, this is a lot of water wasted. To save this water Ogodeton invented an eco-friendly shower system, which can have the water to the desired temperature in less than 30 seconds, significantly cutting down shower time and reducing water wastage.

Another innovation in shower technology is from Peter Cullin in Adelaide, Australia. He came up with a device that could save hundreds of millions of liters of water every year, even if it were installed in only 1,000 homes. He calls his device the Cullector Ultra Efficient Shower, which uses a reservoir tank to collect the water normally wasted during heating up the shower, then re-filters it back at the right temperature. These ideas and more show promise in limiting water usage to better our current environment.

6. Showering without water

Can you shower without using water at all? It doesn’t even seem like a genuine question until you really look into the alternatives. That’s exactly what 17-year-old Ludwick Marishane did while traveling in Limpopo, South Africa. He found all the ingredients for a ‘dry bath’ on his Nokia 6234 mobile phone. His lotion has a blend of chemicals that get rid of odors, bioflavonoids and essential oils. The lotion can be applied right onto the skin and is as effective as taking a regular shower.

Dry Bathing can help save 4 liters of water per person which can add up to many millions every single year and help billions of people who don’t have access to water stay clean and avoid the life-threatening bacteria that’s often found in the stagnant water some of these people use to bathe.

Many experts estimate that we use over 9 trillion cubic meters of water every year as a species. The demand for water will only grow as the global population continues to expand at an increasing pace.

Water is an already-previous resource that becomes even more precious with every passing day.

The recent water crisis in California has put the spotlight on water usage but the fact is that billions of people around the world live in regions where they are forced to walk for miles to get their daily supply for drinking, bathing and living and some aren’t even that lucky.

In the coming years, it will take creative solutions like these to help our world continue to thrive in the face of this global challenge.

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This 3-part article covers history, distances, attractions and facilities for the Strzelecki Track and the areas around Innamincka, and is fourth in a series of articles covering great outback tracks of South Australia, the others being:

Crossing the Simpson Desert

Travelling the Oodnadatta Track and Old Ghan Railway

The Birdsville Track

The first part of this topic is a little long, if you want to skip the history and get travel tips and distances, go to part 2.

Like the previous articles, this trek involves another amble into the South Australian desert… but this time with a twist.

At the end there is water and usually plenty of it. The Cooper Creek meanders into South Australia from Queensland where it is fed from cyclonic rains that often soak the catchment areas during summer. In times of drought the flow will stop but the creek is so deep in spots that permanent waterholes exist along its course. A brilliant example of this is the Cullyamurra waterhole to the east of Innamincka, a broad and long stretch of water providing some of the best camping opportunities in the area.

However, don’t lose sight of the fact that getting there involves considerable desert travel with all the planning and preparation normally required for a trip into harsh and isolated areas.

As with other desert treks in South Australia, rain can make roads quickly impassable and summer temperatures are mind boggling. Travel in the cooler months is definitely the key to success and enjoyment with the risk of rain and high temperatures greatly reduced.

The South Australian government is currently considering sealing the Strzelecki Track and a sealed road from Queensland is not too far away, so if you want the true outback experience don’t wait too long to get out there.

This area is in the middle of the Cooper Basin gas and oil fields with exploration and wells radiating out from the processing, maintenance and administrative centre of Moomba, thus the motivation for an all weather road to cater for the considerable traffic, including many trucks, that travel from Adelaide to Moomba. Moomba is a closed town, only accessible to workers, but the small township of Innamincka, on the banks of Cooper Creek, provides a great outback pub, general store, fuel and is the administrative centre for the Innamincka Regional Reserve that covers 1.3 million hectares of land.

Not a national park, the reserve aims to support mining, pastoral and tourist activities allowing appropriate access for each without overly restricting any of these pursuits. Established in 1988 and being the first reserve of its type in Australia, it seems to have worked successfully for all concerned with travellers having access to many areas along the creek, the very significant Burke and Wills sites and tracks leading to many areas further afield.

“The South Australian government is currently considering sealing the Strzelecki Track”

Other than in the town common, camping in the reserve requires a Desert Parks Pass. These can be purchased from the reserve headquarters or the Trading Post in Innamincka. However, I recommend purchasing before leaving as, although quite expensive ($150 at time of writing), the pass provides comprehensive information and maps of the area that are invaluable for trip planning and is valid for 12 months (purchase from RAA offices or on the National Parks SA website).

With much of Australia’s early European heritage coming from the forced work of convicts, it is perhaps not so unusual that what we now know as the Strzelecki Track came to prominence thanks to the mis-guided efforts of a cattle thief.

In 1870 Harry Redford, later immortalized as “Captain Starlight” in the film Robbery Under Arms, decided that a mob of cattle were better in his hands than those of their Queensland owners. But where do you take them? His answer was to drove them south, where he sold them at Blanchewater for a reputed $10000. Although not the first to follow this route, Harry unwittingly demonstrated that this was a viable and quicker route to market for the inland pastoralists. In the end Harry’s venture came unstuck with him being arrested in 1872 and sent to court.

But the story does not end there. The judge, so impressed with Harry’s droving skills and with the appreciation that he had performed a great service to pastoralists, let him off and he continued life as a highly respected drover. Who says crime doesn’t pay.

While painstakingly pushing his cattle south, Harry Redford could not have imagined the scene today. A wide, well maintained dirt road stretches from Lyndhurst in the south to Innamincka in the north. The drover has given way to massive multiple trailer road trains carrying stock and mining supplies, drilling rigs and a whole range of other mining paraphernalia. In the cooler months 4WD’s, camper trailers and even caravans are a common sight as people head to the Cooper to camp, relax, fish and visit a range of historic sites. In dry conditions the track is suitable for a well maintained conventional vehicle but accessing some of the camp sites along the creek does require a high clearance vehicle.

History

When Harry Redford made his move south, providing water for the cattle was a major concern.

From central Queensland water courses that eventually led into the Cooper were followed. Near what is now Innamincka, he came across the Strzelecki Creek, an overflow from the Cooper that weaves its way south to Lake Blanche. The existence of this creek was confirmed by explorer Charles Sturt in 1845 on one of his treks to find the fabled “inland sea”, and named it after another explorer and scientist, Polish born Paul Edmund de Strzelecki. Following Sturt’s discoveries, in November 1845 Cooper’s Creek was named after the South Australian Chief Justice, Sir Charles Cooper.

The first recorded movement of animals along this route was undertaken in 1867 when John Conrick moved 200 horses from a station near Quilpie in Queensland to Kapunda in South Australia. Despite the harsh conditions and times of extreme drought, stations were established along the track. At the time the area around Coongie Lakes was seen as particularly promising due to the large amounts of water in the river and lake system.

So mesmerised were they that in the mid-1870’s Norman and Hector Wilson established a station and named it “Land of Promise”. The establishment of this station however had a much more sinister side.

Local indigenous groups, the Yandruwandha and Yawarrawarrka, were seen as trouble by the station manager. They are believed to have been constantly harassed and many of the women stolen, eventually leading to retaliation resulting in the spearing of two stockmen. In a rage, the manager went about systematically killing all the indigenous people he could find.

The nearby Lake Massacre is said to be named after this event. Any remaining aborigines quickly left the area, never to return.

Like the Birdsville Track further to the west, the Strzelecki suffered from extreme droughts and became impassable at times, not from flooding but from massive sand drifts.

“The nearby Lake Massacre is said to be named after this event”

The Cobbler Sandhills, about half way between Lyndhurst and Innamincka were particularly troublesome, building to such a massive size that in the early 1930’s the route was rarely used. Other than station homesteads, there was no settlement along the track and waterholes in the creeks were the only source of water. A few bores were drilled along the southern part of the track with Montecollina Bore still existing on the northern edge of The Cobbler.

On the southern section of the track, before reaching The Cobbler, you will come across the ruins of the historic Blanchewater homestead.

It was this homestead, the most northerly in the region at the time, that the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition was attempting to reach when both Burke and Wills died on the banks of the Cooper. By the 1890’s the wealthy pastoralist, Thomas Elder owned Blanchewater and it became famous for the quality of horses bred there. Many of these were purchased by Cobb & Co. to pull their coaches that were opening up travel to many outback areas.

The reputation for breeding excellent horses travelled widely, with the Indian Army being a regular customer. At its peak the station ran up to 20000 horses.

By the late 1800’s Adelaide had developed excellent stock markets (the animal kind), well regarded by inland pastoralists and the market of choice for selling their stock.

The Old Ghan Railway had been established and passed through the southern ends of both the Strzelecki and Birdsville Tracks, making rail transport available for the rest of the trip to Adelaide. As traffic built up it was clear that a settlement was required, with an area on the banks of the Cooper Creek being established. Originally called Hopetoun after the Governor of Victoria, this name was short lived.

There was one survivor of the Burke and Wills expedition, John King. His survival was due entirely to assistance from local aboriginals and in gratitude the Government had allocated land to them, known as Innamincka.

It was this name that people wished maintained and it was duly changed. Although it developed slowly, a hotel, customs house and homes developed and soon the Australian Inland Mission established the Elizabeth Symon Nursing Home, providing medical services near and far.

However, by the mid 1950’s, Innamincka had all but disappeared. The imposing stone nursing home was now a crumbling shell and very few people called the town home. But soon all was to change. The Cooper Basin oil and gas field discovery was just around the corner, bringing new life to the region. From the first hydrocarbon discovery in 1963, the area has been transformed with a maze of tracks, wells and pipelines to ensure our insatiable thirst for oil and gas is met. One of the earliest developers was SANTOS (South Australian & Northern Territory Oil Search), a company whose name is now synonymous with development in the area. Follow this link for an extremely comprehensive history of oil and gas search in the Cooper Basin.

“There was one survivor of the Burke and Wills expedition”

The area is also rich in Aboriginal history but, as previously explained, initial contact with the European settlers was fraught with difficulty. They were rightly very suspicious of the incursion of pastoralists onto their land.

Perhaps these suspicions were further strengthened by the arrival of missionaries in a number of desert areas who, no doubt in good faith, attempted to convert the aboriginal people to Christianity and have them adopt a European lifestyle. At the same time pastoralism was rapidly expanding with many leases being granted in the area most of which eventually ended up in the hands of Sir Sidney Kidman. With these incursions the fate of the local people was sealed.

Although destroying much of the native culture, at least the pastoralists provided some work, especially for the men, and the legendary skill of the aboriginal drover developed.

That’s a little of the tracks history, check out part 2 to find out how to get there and detailed information on the towns you will see along the way.

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Australia: Cannabis oil advocate spared conviction for supplying medicinal cannabis

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Australia: Cannabis oil advocate spared conviction for supplying medicinal cannabis

Following up our report of last week we learn that medical cannabis oil advocate Jenny Hallam avoids a conviction

Australia ABC news  reports

A South Australian cannabis oil distributor has been spared a conviction for providing the drug to terminally ill people, with the judge saying her actions helped rather than harmed the recipients.

Key points:

Police raided Jenny Hallam’s property in 2017 and found cannabis oil products

If convicted she faced seven years in jail, a $35,000 fine, or both

Today, the judge said there was no evidence any harm had been caused to recipients

Jenny Lee Hallam, 47, pleaded guilty to possessing and manufacturing a controlled drug in February.

Her property, north of Adelaide, was raided in January 2017 and police found a number of packaged cannabis oil products in syringes and capsules.

Judge Rauf Soulio today released Ms Hallam on a good behaviour bond in Adelaide’s District Court.

He said it was clear Ms Hallam had been making the oil at a financial loss and her actions were not commercially motivated.

He said there was no evidence any harm had been caused to any recipient of the cannabis oil and that the evidence was “strongly to the contrary”.

If convicted of manufacturing a controlled drug, Ms Hallam faced a maximum jail sentence of seven years, a $35,000 fine, or both.

In January, Ms Hallam addressed the media with supporters by her side, urging the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to drop the charges.

She said her actions were “morally right” and she was not a criminal.

“It was a medical necessity — the people were in need. Those people would have died if I hadn’t of provided that treatment,” she said.

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Renewed push to change 'discriminatory' and 'inadequate' abortion laws in South Australia

Posted October 11, 2018 06:47:40 A push to repeal South Australia's abortion law is underway, with a coalition lobbying state parliamentarians to remove abortion from the state's crimes act. Key points:SA abortion laws have been labelled as "inadequate" and "discriminatory"Coalition group is lobbying to have abortion removed from state crimes actHealth Minister says he has discussed the laws with the Attorney-General The South Australian Abortion Action Coalition wrote to politicians last month, after securing a commitment from over 20 professional and community organisations to support the repeal of the law. The group wants abortion to be covered under the state's health laws, and also wants to introduce laws mandating a safety zone around abortion clinics. Coalition spokesperson Erica Millar said the campaign was three years in the making, with discussions already underway with politicians to secure their support. "The abortion law is no longer fit for purpose it's inadequate, out of date and discriminatory," Dr Millar said. "In the last month we've started the formal bit of our campaign, which is to write to each state MP to lobby for the repeal." Greens MP Tammy Franks said she intended to introduce a private members' bill to Parliament in the coming fortnight that would focus on reforming the state's abortion laws. Health Minister Stephen Wade said he had discussed the state's abortion laws with Attorney-General Vickie Chapman, who has responsibility for any reforms put forward by the Government. Abortion kits by mail are illegal

Photo: Items inside an abortion kit sent out by the Tabbot Foundation which is illegal in South Australia. (Supplied: The Tabbot Foundation) In 2015, Dr Paul Hyland started the Tabbot Foundation, Australia's only dedicated telemedicine abortion provider, which aims to remove barriers to abortion access for people living in remote or rural communities. The service provides a phone consultation and, if the doctor prescribes it, a package is mailed to the patient containing abortion drug RU486, as well as antibiotics, painkillers and anti-inflammatories. The foundation offers the service in every state except South Australia, where it is illegal. The state's abortion laws were introduced in 1969, long before RU486 and telemedicine were invented. Dr Hyland said the laws were designed to protect women from receiving surgical abortions from unregulated facilities. "South Australia at present has the most restrictive laws of all the states and territories that require medical abortion to be performed in an approved facility such as a hospital," Dr Hyland said. "Your laws at present do not discriminate between surgical and medical abortion. "These laws need to be changed to come up to the 21st century and South Australia is the last state in Australia that needs to change." What is the law? South Australian women are only able to access an abortion if they have been examined by two doctors, and if they believe there is a risk to the woman's life or that the child would be seriously disabled.

Photo: There is a list of criteria a woman must meet to legally access an abortion in South Australia. (Flickr: Esparta Palma) Added to this, the woman has to have lived in South Australia for at least two months and the abortion must be performed in a "prescribed hospital". These hospitals include the Pregnancy Advisory Centre in the western suburbs of Adelaide, as well as major hospitals including Flinders Medical Centre and the Lyell McEwin Hospital. In country SA, there are varying levels of services provided at a limited number of hospitals, but only in the first trimester of pregnancy. The latest figures released by SA Health show in 2015, almost one-fifth of 4,419 abortions performed were done in country areas. Dr Millar said some women from country areas had to travel to Adelaide on their own expense, for several days while they undertook the procedure. "It's not just accommodation, it's child care, it's time off work," Dr Millar said. "It's discriminatory, particularly to these rural women who are needing to travel to Adelaide and it also means that the services available in Adelaide are over-strained. "There's a two-week wait between calling and being able to attend your initial appointment, and then after your initial appointment there's a further one or two weeks on top of this where you have to wait for surgical treatment, so this is women having to wait for a month while pregnant and not wanting to be." Topics:government-and-politics,abortion,reproduction-and-contraception,health,womens-health,maternal-and-child-health,health-administration,health-policy,adelaide-5000,sa http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-11/renewed-push-to-remove-abortion-from-crime-law-in-sa/10360138

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Leaked email: SA Health congratulates staff on failing to fill mental health vacancies - InDaily

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Leaked email: SA Health congratulates staff on failing to fill mental health vacancies - InDaily

Adelaide Wednesday September 12, 2018

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An SA Well being supervisor has congratulated colleagues on failing to fill vacant positions in a southern location psychological wellness services which has been described as currently being in disaster because of to employees shortages.

SA Well being insists an e mail from a financial manager on staff members vacancies will not symbolize its coverage.

In a leaked e-mail received by InDaily, a money supervisor delivers staff “congratulations on achieving a fantastic final result in extra of an estimated $426K in emptiness personal savings for 2017-18”.

“Your support is again required to update the savings register for vacancy administration financial savings,” claims the electronic mail, dated August 29, 2018, from Tim Magor, Senior Enterprise Manager – Mental Wellness Services, for the Southern Adelaide Community Health and fitness Community.

“This again kinds element of the Financial Recovery program for 1819 with a target total of $630K necessary which has now been lowered to $500K next July updates.”

A table attached to the e-mail exhibits “savings” in relation to a mix of medical and administrative positions, which includes nurses and allied overall health professionals. The desk shows savings produced by personnel being seconded to other regions and their situation not remaining backfilled, diminished hours for some positions, positions being backfilled at lower classifications, and vacancies only not being filled.

The email also says that “savings similar to short term mattress closures will be documented and recorded in a individual process”.

The e mail has prompted outrage between staff, specified that psychological overall health providers in the southern spot have been beneath well-documented force.

Unions have been in official dispute more than employees shortages in the expert services, with nurses complaining to SA Health and fitness administration in June about convoluted procedures to fill vacant positions and the Community Service Affiliation increasing suspicions that similar thirty day period that positions ended up not remaining loaded as a approach to meet up with cost savings targets.

SA Well being these days distanced itself from the congratulatory concept, insisting the “unauthorised email does not accurately replicate SALHN’s placement on how we deal with vacancies, specifically for medical roles”.

In July, InDaily noted that the nurses’ union had instituted get the job done bans in reaction to what it suggests is an ongoing workload disaster for the two youth and adult mental overall health services in the southern place.

The PSA also expressed problem about “unsafe and unsustainable workloads” in SALHN psychological wellness providers.

In addition, the Coroner has elevated concerns about the adequacy of scientific staffing in mental well being services in South Australia.

SA Health instructed InDaily in a statement these days that it regarded “consumer care” when addressing vacancies.

“While SALHN has personal savings efficiencies to meet up with, vacancies and backfilling of staff requires place in accordance with consumer treatment and provider supply desires, as perfectly as with State Governing administration coverage,” a spokesperson mentioned in a assertion.

“We are continuing to do the job via substantial Neighborhood Psychological Well being reforms in consultation with team and stakeholders, like the improvement of a new Model of Care and a supporting Provider Delivery and Workforce system.”

SA Health would not remark when questioned regardless of whether Magor had been counselled or disciplined around the e-mail, citing personnel privateness.

The PSA says it is “appalled” by the e mail and “disgusted” at the possible risk to client treatment by not filling roles.

An electronic mail to PSA members authorised by normal secretary Nev Kitchin suggests “workloads are at crisis position within a lot of SALHN MH (psychological wellbeing) groups, with Interior South Group Mental Health and fitness (ISCMH) and Outer South CMH (OSCMH) both equally subject matter to official PSA Workload Disputes beneath the Organization Agreement”.

“The PSA wrote to the SALHN Main Government Officer (CEO) as lately as 19 June 2018 to notify formally of the ISCMH Workload Dispute,” the e mail states. “In that letter we suggested that members ended up suspicious that vacancies have been not becoming filled as a financial savings method. SALHN did not respond to that statement.

“Members throughout SALHN MH explain workloads getting the worst that they have knowledgeable, with 1 of the major contributing aspects remaining vacancies not remaining loaded/backfilled or exceptionally delayed emptiness/backfill processes. The deficiency of filling of any function, which includes Govt/administration roles, sales opportunities to a ‘snowball’ effect with continuing extra duties filtering down to all ranges. Users report consistent worry regarding the treatment for their shoppers, amongst the most vulnerable South Australians, still SALHN believe that this method deserves congratulations.”

The PSA says the union elevated the concern with SALHN mental wellness management, which encouraged the email “was not authorised by SALHN and not automatically the sights of SALHN”.

Nevertheless, “the fact stays that an active price savings approach for the 2017-18 economic year seems to have been to not fill roles. Regardless of these assertions, if it has been a tactic for so extended SALHN need to have supported it.”

In accordance to a letter sent by Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation SA CEO Elizabeth Dabars to SALHN administration in June, there have been standard failures to backfill staff on depart in a southern psychological health provider, and that “members assert that they are no lengthier capable to just take on more shoppers/caseloads to help their colleagues absent on depart, as they themselves are at capacity”.

“(There) are often gaps and unfilled shifts on the roster even in advance of the roster has commenced,” the letter claims.

“Recruitment to vacant positions requires many weeks … with administration reporting 6 or 7 ways to the recruitment method.

“It is identified for numerous weeks when staff members are remaining seconded to short term positions, on the other hand, the place is not crammed for months immediately after they go away.”

In previous week’s price range, the Condition Federal government declared it would reduce 10 for every cent of staff from SA Health’s head workplace, insisting that its axe would prevent frontline companies.

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Lives at risk: Experts warn of poor support for mental health patients leaving hospital

Posted September 03, 2018 17:01:36

Photo: Experts say state and territory governments need to focus on improving discharge planning for mental health patients because many people are leaving care without support. (ABC Riverland: Sowaibah Hanifie) Experts are concerned many mental health patients are leaving hospitals without support and it is putting them at greater risk of suicide. Shortly after Craig Dixon was discharged from a Darwin mental health ward in 2016 he attempted to end his life. If you or anyone you know needs help: Mr Dixon felt that his depression was exacerbated by having no support to help him adjust to life at home, and that his time in hospital did not help him address his underlying problems. He is now recovering, but strongly believes his journey could have been different had there been post-discharge support available to him. "If you don't have a good discharge plan, it's quiet easy to fall back into that state of mind where you're not thinking clearly," Mr Dixon said. Bill Stockman runs a mental health awareness fundraiser, Ski For Life, and through his work has known two people who ended their lives shortly after leaving a facility in South Australia in recent years. Mr Stockman has been in a mental health facility himself and knows very well the difference that outpatient support can make. "You're isolated [in a mental health facility], you're cut off from the outside world and it's a safe place to be when you're in that state of mind," he said. "When you get let out into the real world you're faced with the feeling of having been in a nut house that's when the support stopped."

Photo: Mental Health campaigner, Bill Stockman, knows two people in South Australia who took their lives shortly after being discharged from a mental health facility and he understands a lack of support was a contributing factor. (ABC Riverland: Sowaibah Hanifie) A national problem, SA results worst Research by the Black Dog Institute found that coordinated aftercare for patients with mental health issues decreased suicide attempts by almost 20 per cent. National guidelines signed by states and territories also recommended hospitals provide outpatients with community care within seven days of discharge. But according to the latest results from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, in South Australia, New South Wales, Western Australia and the Northern Territory around 40 per cent of patients were not receiving timely follow-up, and in other states this figure was close to 30 per cent. The same research found that 50 per cent of SA hospitals were not meeting all National Mental Health Service Standards. A survey by Country SA Primary Health Network (PHN) of 300 community mental health representatives and service providers from April this year found more than 50 per cent of respondents believed discharge planning was the greatest gap when it came to suicide prevention.

Photo: According to the latest results from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, in several states more than 40 per cent of mental health patients are not receiving support when they leave hospital. (Supplied: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) SANE Australia's deputy chief executive, Michelle Blanchard, explained that the first three months after a patient is discharged is a high-risk period for suicide. "It's really important that people are getting appropriate care and support during that time period. But we know that's not happening for a vast majority of people," she said. Dr Blanchard said there were inconsistent hospital referrals to community support groups, which could be improved if state governments encouraged more referrals. However she said community groups were also set back by under-resourcing and in some regional areas there were no mental health services at all. "What we've seen is that there tends to be resources allocated at the acute end of the spectrum, so things like hospital-based services," Dr Blanchard said. "For people that experience a more complex condition, they often fall through the gaps so that's what really needs an increased investment for psychosocial support so people have that ongoing support." SA Health Minister Stephen Wade said he was aware of the concern and was aiming to improve the outpatient support in the state over the next year. "Discharge planning has been an issue raised by accreditation authorities as recent as the Royal Adelaide Hospital problems earlier this year. It's also a matter that often comes up in coronial inquests," Mr Wade said. "The mental health services strategic plan is being developed by the [SA Health] Chief Psychiatrist and the Mental Health Commissioner in the next eight to nine months." Program proposed by Beyond Blue

Photo: Beyond Blue is calling for state and territory governments to support its mental health discharge program. (ABC Riverland: Sowaibah Hanifie) In its budget proposal, the Commonwealth Government agreed to fund a $37 million discharge devised program by Beyond Blue if it wins the next election. The funding would see the Way Back Support Service program introduced into 25 sites nationally, equipping local service delivery groups with expertise to provide effective discharge support. Beyond Blue chief executive Georgie Harman said the organisation initially coordinate the program, but would step back once the local organisations were up-skilled to provide aftercare independently of Beyond Blue. "Of the $37.6 million, $27 million is for service delivery and $27 million will go to primary health networks to help them go out to market and find the right service delivery partners," Ms Harman said. She said the aim was to provide clients with three months of support addressing their social, psychosocial and health needs. "We contact them 24 hours after they're discharged and make a safety plan. It helps them identify the triggers, who are the people they trust, what are the numbers they can call," Ms Harman said. "When they leave the service they leave with a wellness plan." Ms Harman is calling for state and territory governments to support Beyond Blue's program with their own financial contribution. "The injury or illness which causes someone to consider taking their own life is no different to any life-threatening illness. We need to shift to our thinking," she said. Topics:health,doctors-and-medical-professionals,anxiety,non-governmental-organisations,states-and-territories,federal-government,medical-research,suicide,mental-health,health-policy,healthcare-facilities,adelaide-5000,renmark-5341,port-augusta-5700,port-lincoln-5606,whyalla-5600,mount-gambier-5290,darwin-0800,alice-springs-0870,canberra-2600,sydney-2000,melbourne-3000,perth-6000,hobart-7000 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-03/mental-health-patients-missing-out-on-discharge-plans/10167924

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Surgeries underway as Adelaide hospital suffers half-hour blackout

Updated July 04, 2018 08:50:05 A 30-minute blackout at Adelaide's Women's and Children's Hospital yesterday prompted the postponement of surgeries and diversion of ambulances to other hospitals. It is the third metropolitan hospital to experience a blackout in South Australia in less than two years. While hospital staff worked to bring power back online, non-urgent ambulance arrivals were diverted to the Lyell McEwin Hospital and the Flinders Medical Centre for four hours. Thirteen elective surgeries scheduled for the afternoon were postponed. In a statement, the Women's and Children's Health Network said there were "no adverse patient outcomes". "Two surgeries were underway during the disruption but were successfully completed and both patients are recovering well," a spokeswoman said. Power was cut at 12:30pm. Some areas were affected for several minutes, while other areas were affected for up to 30 minutes. Women's and Children's Health Network executive director Philip Robinson said the mains power failed, tripping two main electrical switches that provide power to the hospital But the hospital's emergency generator failed to start to bridge the electricity supply, after the mechanism supplying diesel to the generator did not work. A code yellow was called for the hospital, bringing together senior clinical and engineering staff in the hospital's control room. The critical focus initially was the operating theatres, with the head of anaesthesia and nursing present in the control room to provide advice on patient safety, he said. "We use two way radios with our engineers that are down in the basement area so we're getting real time situation updates so at every minute of the time everyone is in the same frame, has the same knowledge, so we can actually make decisions as a team as to what we're going to do," Mr Robinson said. "We test the generator to the Australian standard, which is that we test it every month and we'd only done that test last Thursday and got a clean bill of health," he said The disruption affected some clinical areas in the Queen Victoria and Rogerson buildings, including the emergency department and operating theatres. Moves to make sure it doesn't happen again Mr Robinson said the hospital was looking at building further redundancies into the hospital's power supply, which would exceed Australian standards. This would include more back-up power supplies in operating theatres and he would speak to the generators' manufacturer about keeping spare parts at the hospital. Opposition health spokeswoman Chris Picton said it was "an incredibly concerning situation for families who have children in the hospital". "We need to make sure this generator is working at this hospital to to prevent an issue like this happening again," Mr Picton said. "We expect there to be a thorough but fast investigation into this and the results of this to be released in full so that public confidence can be regained in the performance of this hospital." The Royal Adelaide Hospital suffered a blackout in February, with surgeons forced to complete two operations without power and delaying radiotherapy and dialysis treatment. A report found two generators ran out of fuel when they were being tested by the private consortium which manages the hospital. The whole of South Australia was plunged into darkness during a blackout in September 2016, with a generator failure at Flinders Medical Centre during the blackout resulting in the destruction of dozens of embryos. Topics:healthcare-facilities,health,electricity-energy-and-utilities,north-adelaide-5006,sa,adelaide-5000 First posted July 03, 2018 17:44:37 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-03/blackout-at-womens-and-childrens/9936208