Welcome to GRAMPIANS PAEDIATRICS
Parenthood not only comes with rewards and happiness but also hurdles and concerns especially when it relates to your child’s ill health. At Grampians Paediatrics, our aim is to provide a caring environment and empathetic approach to guide and support families during the stressful times in their child’s health journey. We have the experience in managing newborns to children up to 17 years of age.
Our Services
We welcome new patients including newborns to adolescents upto 17 years of age. We assess and manage most of the general paediatric issues including unsettled babies, feeding difficulties, failure to thrive, sleep issues, bowel and bladder issues, respiratory issues, developmental and neuro-behavioural issues including ADHD, Autism and learning difficulties etc.
Appointments
A valid referral letter is an essential requirement for medicare claim purposes. A GP referral is valid for 12 months and a specialist referral is valid for only 3 months. Please make sure that you have a valid referral before each and every consult. Once a referral is received, we will triage is based on our appointment availability and the acuity of the child’s problem. Please do not forget to bring your child’s health record details including the Green Book, investigations/ results, discharge summaries, letter from the teacher and any assessment reports from school or allied health services etc. Also, any relevant photos or videos are also helpful if related to your problems.We will ask a lot of questions in order to get a full picture of the problems your child is facing. We will then provide you and your GP/ referring doctor with a plan regarding the management of your child. Please ask questions if you don’t understand anything during the consult. Sometimes your child will need further referral to paediatric subspecialities or further assessments etc which we can organise for
Cancellation Policy
We will send you SMS reminder regarding the appointment time. However, it is your responsibility to take note of the appointment date and time and contact us if you want to reschedule or cancel your appointment atleast 24 hours prior to your appointment. If you fail to attend your appointment or cancel within 24 hours of an appointment schedule, there will be a cancellation fee of $50 charged
on the day.
Please Note: Any pending cancellation fee or unpaid private fee needs to be addressed prior to further appointments being made.
Fees
We are a private service provider. Our fees include gap fee. We cannot provide bulk billing service. We require full payment on the day of consultation. We accept EFTPOS, Mastercard and Visa as well as cash. You will be able to claim the Medicare rebate using the invoice. We can also lodge a claim on your behalf with Medicare online (provided you have a valid GP/ specialist referral). If you have reached the Medicare safety net threshold, you will be able to claim greater rebate form Medicare.
Please contact our reception staff if you wish to enquire about our fees.
paediatrician
Dr Manish Agarwal
Manish is a consultant general paediatrician and neonatologist at Ballarat Health Services and St John of God Hospital, Ballarat. Manish completed his Neonatal fellowship as well as General paediatric fellowship in Australia by training in tertiary centres like Flinders Medical Centre and Women’s and Children’s Hospital Adelaide and Royal Women’s Hospital and Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne. He has been working as a paediatrician since 2013. He is a senior lecturer at Deakin as well as Melbourne University. He has a strong interest in Neonatal medicine. He likes managing most of the General Paediatric issues and likes to keep himself uptodate with recent paediatric and Neonatal literature. When he is not working, he likes spending time with his wife and two children.
Contact Us
210 Drummond Street South.
Ballarat Central.
VIC 3350.
Phone: 03 53177206.
Fax: 03 53093173.
email : reception@gcsuites.com.au