The Medical Clinic Millicent
Who We Are
The Medical Clinic Millicent is an AGPAL fully accredited Medical Practice which comprises of full-time and part-time doctors, registrars and medical students. We have 8 GPs, 6 Nurses and 10 Administration staff. Our doctors are trained in all area’s a of medicine and have a broad range of skills in acute and chronic care. We take pride in being a training/education practice for Registrars and also Flinders University Medical Students.
Our surroundings
Millicent has access to all forms of recreation other than snow. It boasts access to beach fishing off the expansive coastline from Beachport, Southend, Canunda and through to Carpenters Rocks. Four Wheel Driving is popular as is trail bike riding. Surfing, sailing and small boat fishing are also very popular and bush walking trails are also available in the national parks along with well equipped camp sites for basic gettaways. The reclaimed lake Bonney is now open to sailing and canoeing and borders the national park of Canunda. Cave exploring is nearby at the Tantanoola caves and underground cave diving in the areas water filled limestone caves is nearby. Millicent is also within half an hours travel of the Coonawarra wine region and the city of Mount Gambier, home to the Blue Lake and its wonderful picnic grounds.
Our Services
Services available at the Medical Clinic Millicent Include:
- Family medicine
- Asthma management
- Diabetes management
- ECG
- Immunisation
- Men’s health
- Minor surgery
- Pregnancy test, family planning and antenatal care
- Spirometry: Lung function
- Travel medicine
- Women’s health
- Blood tests (Australian Clinical Labs)
- Check ups
- Pap smears
- Health assessments > 75 yrs
- On site Australian Clinical Labs
- Nutrition advise (Dietitian)
- Medicals
- Heavy Vehicle/Taxi medicals
General Check Up
General Check ups can be done for many reasons, book your check up today.
- General Medical check up.
- 45-49 year old check up
- 75+ check up
- Chronic Disease Check up
- Asthma check up
Health Assessments
Our wonderful team of caring GP’s and Practice Nurses manage patients with chronic diseases such as asthma, coronary heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes.
Many illnesses and health conditions can be classified under the broad heading of chronic disease.
Family Planning
Pregnancy tests, Family planning and Antenatal care are all available at the Medical Clinic Millicent.
Dr James Bushell offers extensive care in his antenatal clinics at the Medical Clinic and Obstetrics in Mount Gambier.
Vaccinations
The Medical Clinic Millicent offers a range of vaccinations:
- Childhood vaccinations
- Travel vaccinations
- Meningococcal
- Tetanus
- Q-Fever
- Flu Vaccines
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis A
Minor Surgery
Our Doctors do a lot of Minor Surgery at the premises this includes removal of moles, skin flaps, lesions etc
Closure of wounds and sutering where neccessary, Glue is also used in some instances.
Dressings
Cryotherapy
Liquid nitrogen is extremely cold. It will freeze any living tissue it comes into contact with. Applying small amounts of liquid nitrogen to various skin problems is now a standard treatment. The medical term for this treatment is Cryotherapy.
What’s News!
CORONOVIRUS DETAILS
| Coronavirus advice – current as of 2 February 2020 |
In line with national advice, SA Health has recommended:
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| Symptoms may include cough, trouble breathing, fatigue, sore throat, or fever. |
If you have travelled to mainland China or have been in contact with any confirmed novel coronavirus cases in the past 14 days AND are experiencing the symptoms above:
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HotDoc has been a great addition to the practice and very successful in allowing patients to make online bookings, and to cancel online bookings or move to another time. This gives you complete control of your bookings from an app on your phone. We also send your reminders for follow-up bookings via HotDoc which has enabled us to use less paper. You will also receive reminders for your current appointments via HotDoc.
About HotDoc
HotDoc was founded in 2012 by Dr Ben Hurst, who saw the opportunity to streamline how GPs and patients communicate health information. Since that time, HotDoc has become Australia’s leading patient engagement platform, which is trusted by over 8,000 GPs.
We help practices improve the depth of their relationships with patients and improve practice efficiency. Our core is in helping practices through tools like online appointments and SMART Recalls, but we’re always building new products and services.
