Dogs, cats...zombies: Urgent care doctor chews over bite injuries

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Dogs, cats...zombies: Urgent care doctor chews over bite injuries

Tuesday 17 April 2018, 10:21 AM

Antibiotics are likely to be ineffective for zombie and vampire bites

More coffee machines and more people featured at this year’s Goodfellow Symposium. Around 1000 delegates including exhibitors attended the symposium at the Vodafone Events Centre in Manukau, Auckland. Again, the symposium theme centred around “Skills for next Monday”. New Zealand Doctor reporters Fiona Thomas, Cliff Taylor and Keira Stephenson report from the sessions

Why do cats bite? In my experience, just because they can Hickeys, zombies, fist fights and infections all managed to find a place in urgent care, David Sorrell, colour fixed, Urgent care specialist David Sorrell

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