CHILDREN
Diggers Rest Medical Centre provides a range of support services for children and their parents/carers to give every child the best possible start in life. Services can include:
- Health assessments
- Growth and development checks
- Early feeding support
- Nutritional information and ongoing infant/child feeding support
- Immunisation information and Immunisation
Childhood illnesses
Being sick is a part of childhood, and caring for a sick child is part and parcel of being a parent. However, you may worry about a rash or a cough that seems to be getting worse. Many of the diseases listed below are spread easily between family members, at day-care centres and at schools. Some of them are preventable with immunisation.
- Chickenpox
- Coughs, colds and ear infections
- Coup
- Diarrhoea and Vomiting
- Fever
- Food Allergies
- Measles
- Rubella
- Whooping Cough
Please feel free to come in to consult with your doctor.