Telehealth plan to keep at-risk patients isolated welcome by rural docs

Sally Gall
Updated March 17 2020 - 12:17pm, first published March 15 2020 - 8:30pm
Rural Doctors Association of Australia immediate past president Adam Coltzau.
Rural Doctors Association of Australia immediate past president Adam Coltzau.

A virtual technology tool that has been in use in health circles in rural Queensland since 2011 is one of the strategies that has been funded by the federal government as it works to minimise the spread of coronavirus in Australia.

Sally Gall

Sally Gall

Senior journalist - Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register

Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I've raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and helped develop a region - its history, tourism, education and communications. Get in touch at 0427 575 955 if you've got a story idea for me.

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