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ACT Policing is issuing a warning following the accidental drug overdose by a man on Tuesday, May 14.
A 52-year-old Florey man was located by a family member about 4am unresponsive. Around 6am the man passed away at Calvary Hospital.
The wife of the deceased was also admitted to Calvary Hospital and remains in a [...]
Released 16/05/2013
The ACT Chief Health Officer, Dr Paul Kelly today said that ACT Health is currently investigating an outbreak of Salmonella gastroenteritis linked to a local restaurant.
Over 140 suspected cases of gastrointestinal illness have been reported among persons who ate at the restaurant. Thirty of these have had Salmonella confirmed by laboratory testing and [...]
Released 15/05/2013
The ACT Chief Health Officer, Dr Paul Kelly today said that ACT Health is also investigating an outbreak of gastroenteritis linked to another food premises. Over 60 suspected cases of gastrointestinal illness have been reported among persons who ate at the premises on Sunday 12 May.
“No organism has been identified for the second [...]
The ACT Chief Health Officer, Dr Paul Kelly has today deactivated emergency response protocols at Canberra Hospital and Calvary Hospital following Canberra’s salmonella outbreak.
“It appears that the outbreak case loads have peaked and that demand on Emergency Departments has normalised,” Dr Kelly said.
“Additional cases may continue to be identified however, the acute response [...]
Canberra is experiencing an outbreak of gastroenteritis, in some cases caused by Salmonella bacteria.
A large number of people have become unwell enough to require medical assessment and treatment.
Symptoms of Salmonella gastroenteritis include diarrhoea, abdominal pain, fever, nausea, vomiting and headaches. Sometimes diarrhoea can contain blood or mucus.
Symptoms usually start 12-36 hours after [...]
The ACT Chief Health Officer, Dr Paul Kelly has today activated emergency response protocols at Canberra Hospital and Calvary Hospital, as they respond to the increased presentations due to the gastroenteritis outbreak.
The ACT Chief Health Officer, Dr Paul Kelly said “Canberra is experiencing an outbreak of gastroenteritis, in some cases caused by Salmonella bacteria. [...]
Over the weekend ACT Policing along with several local and interstate emergency response agencies were tested in a search and rescue exercise within the Namadgi National Park, south of Canberra.
The exercise ran from Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon (3 to 5 May) in the Yankee Hat area of Namadgi National [...]
ACT Policing General Duties and the Specialist Response Group (SRG) Bomb Response Team attended a residence in Kaleen yesterday (Sunday, May 4) where they rendered a suspicious device safe.
Police were called to the residence after a young person attending a 16th birthday party on Saturday night had brought a present (modified aerosol can) that [...]
ACT Policing executed a search warrant on a residence in Ngunnawal early yesterday evening (April 18) where on arrival they located a suspicious package.
ACT Policing General Duties members cordoned the area and requested the Specialist Response Group (SRG) Bomb Response Team to attend.
As a precaution residents in the area were notified and informed [...]
Health and police authorities in the ACT have issued a warning to the community following the accidental drug overdose by two men earlier today in the grounds of the University of Canberra.
About 11am ACT Ambulance Service was called to the student accommodation building, where two men, aged 26 and 28 respectively, were located unconscious [...]
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