MELBOURNE OSTEOPOROSIS SUPPORT GROUP INC. Reg No. A0038140R FRACTURE LIAISON SERVICES IN HOSPITALS.
This Petition is to ask the State Government to establish
Fracture Liaison Services in our hospitals which exist in 40+ countries around
the world but sadly lacking here. Currently, it is most likely that when a patient presents at hospital with a fracture, the patient is treated for that fracture and sent home. With a Fracture Liaison Service, the hospital staff enquire of the patient as to how the fracture
occurred and if the patient has any risk factors for osteoporosis. This would be a cost saving measure for the government, where
hospitals are concerned, because it would reduce admissions with fractures. Please return the
Petition to: The President, Melbourne Osteoporosis Support Group, 32 Boronia Drive,
Glen Waverley Vic. 3150 |