A Dr Feelgood Health Special 

Sunday 4th May 2003

THE TRUTH ABOUT SARS 

Southern Cross Radio Stations and Dr Feelgood believe that it is important that  you have access to the best information  when health issues arise that cause confusion.

Big news means lots of opinions and this can lead to confusion 

So we have assembled the experts you can reply on to  have your questions answered ! 

please join me when it will be my pleasure to bring you the Truth about SARS 

please scroll down as I have put  links to each of the experts so you can read more reliable information about this and other infectious diseases 

THE EXPERTS :

Joining me in the Studio and taking your calls will be 

Prof Richard  Smallwood - Chief Medical Officer for Australia 

http://www.who.int/csr/sarsarchive/en/ World Health Organisation SARS info page

http://www.health.gov.au/sars.htm Australian Federal Department of Health SARS info page 

other guest experts  include

Prof John Mackenzie - Head of the Word Health Organisation investigative team in China, and Head of Dept. of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Qld  -  John  has just returned from Beijing 

http://www.biosci.uq.edu.au/micro/culture/general.htm

http://www.who.int/csr/sarsarchive/2003_03_28/en/print.html -  WHO SARS Update release from the WHO about Johns team's work in China

Dr Mike Catton - Head of Virology, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory , Royal Melbourne Hospital . This is  Secure Lab in Melbourne to which  the SARS Virus was brought last week under unprecedented security  to be cultured then killed in order to be used for identification tests which have been provided to hospitals around Australia. 

http://www.vidrl.org.au/

http://www.vidrl.org.au/about/structure/virusdet/virusdet.htm

Dr Michael Gardam- Director: Infection, Prevention and Control, University Health Network (inc Toronto General Hospital) from  Toronto, Canada . 

http://www.uhn.ca/index.htm

http://www.uhn.ca/whatsnew/sars.htm  - information for people in Toronto about SARS and their City

http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/health/ The  City ofToronto, Ontario, Canada  Public Health SARS INFO page.

Prof Steve Wesselingh - Director, Burnet Institute, Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health . Steve will give us a global perspective on the SARS virus 

http://www.burnet.edu.au/about/index.html

Professor Lindsay Grayson - Professor of Infectious Diseases  Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre. Lindsay will be commenting on infection control generally as it applies in our country .

Dr David Newman - Aviation Medicine Expert and Managing Director, Flight Medicine Systems. David understands how the air circulation systems work on aeroplanes and will be able to clear up our queries about flight safety

http://www.flightmed.com.au