Danielle Dries

Next year Australia is introducing a National Lung Cancer Screening Program. This program will use low-dose CT scans to find lung cancer early in people & reduce deaths. We are supporting writing the program guidelines & I am keen to hear from Mob.

@Imel96Melby Yes this is true, but then it can be easily disbanded with the next government or the one after that. Which is why constitutional recognition and change is so important.

ChatGPT says you don’t need to change the constitution #VoteYes2023 #VoteNO23 #VoiceToParliament

Every single woman in this picture could cut your heart out. But only to fix it….. #cardiothoracicsurgeons #RACS23

Love this!

I once called a consultant for help in the middle of the night, with a premature labour I couldn’t manage. The help refused to come & I was told I’m too junior 💔💔 If you’re the help, please understand you may be called for one of two reasons: 1/3 🧵 #MedTwitter

𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 for #Optometry #Students. Brien Holden Foundation, in partnership with IAHA, is offering scholarships to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples currently studying/interested in studying optometry. bit.ly/2022Scholarshi…

You know there is a rural medical crisis when you ring another rural hospital to transfer a patient, and they refuse the patient, but offer you a job.

2 yrs ago, I posted a TikTok video about Pulse Oximeters. For decades, they haven't worked as well on darker skin tones. My video received over 200K views and started my "Racial Bias in Medicine" series. Today a FDA advisory committee is finally convening to address the problem!

Keynote speaker, Congress CEO Donna Ah Chee: “The stories of people with lived experience of diabetes speak directly to the policy areas that need to change - for food security, Congress is calling on a 20% tax on unhealthy food, and subsidising healthy options.”

161 tonnes. That’s the reduction in sugar per $10k food sold by ALPA stores, through not promoting unhealthy foods. These approaches work. Time for policy change! #NTDiabetesSummit2022

📣 New COVID-19 traffic light system 🚥 Living with COVID-19 means recognising and responding when the risk increases and decreases. Here's the latest on the new system. 👇

Just fkn gutted.

With all the injustices in Australian society right now, it feels good to share moments like these watching Aboriginal Elders and leaders send off the next generation of doctors. Class of 2022 looking at you to use this privilege and Dr title for positive change @UniMelbMDHS

Just devastating.. 💔😥 sbs.com.au/nitv/the-point…

What a blast to celebrate the first 25 years of @ACRRM with all of our past presidents, life fellows and founding staff #OGs 😎 🥂 🎉 #RG

Three fabulous #FACRRMs discussing their #RuralGeneralist day jobs in: 🚀 space medicine @johnjamescherry 🏝 island medicine @Dr_Hempenstall 🐧 Antarctic medicine @Dr_Polarbird #RMA22 @ACRRM 🙌

This year there’s two winners for the ACRRM & @RuralDoctorsAus Rural Registrar of the Year award. The first recipient is Dr Salma Hanif! Based in Boggabri, NSW she is one of two registrars who have provided the town’s only medical service for the last few years. Congrats Salma!

@AColtzau sits down to interview @GregHuntMP to discuss frustrations of health in politics: COVID successes & failures; barriers to change; who holds the power; & why rural inequity remains unresolved. Stay tuned for qs from the floor.. #RMA22

Great First Nations panel at #RANZCOG22 @coopesdetat @CroakeyNews @drmarilynclarke