Australian Telehealth Services Restored to Meet Pandemic Demands

Australian Telehealth Services Restored to Meet Pandemic Demands
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The Australian Medical Association (AMA) announced that telehealth consultations would be restored temporarily to meet healthcare demands during the Omicron outbreak.

AMA President Omar Khorshid said in a media release that Health Minister Greg Hunt and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg had endorsed the AMA’s proposals on Jan. 16 to restore expanded patient access to telehealth.
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Marina Zhang is a health reporter for The Epoch Times, based in New York. She covers both health news and in-depth features on emerging health issues. Marina holds a bachelor's degree in biomedicine from the University of Melbourne. Contact her at [email protected].
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