Physical Disability Australia Ltd (PDA) Ambassador, Dr Dinesh Palipana OAM’s book “Stronger” is out today and available at all good bookstores. Source : Physical Disability Australia Ltd (PDA) Do yourself a favour and get hold of a copy. Congratulations Dinesh. “A puddle of water on a highway changed Dinesh Palipana’s life forever. Halfway through medical school, Dinesh was involved in a catastrophic car accident that caused a cervical spinal cord injury. After his accident, his strength and determination saw him return to complete medical school – now with quadriplegia. Dinesh was the first quadriplegic medical intern in Queensland, and the second person with quadriplegia to graduate medical school in Australia.  Despite all of the pain and hardship he’s faced, Dinesh now sees his accident as a turning point for the better in his life. He believes it has made him a better doctor, with a better grasp of the concerns and fears ...

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Applications for the 2022 Avant Foundation Early Career Research Program are now open – by Dinesh Palipana OAM Source: Dinesh Palipana Linked In From Dinesh Palipana – I have been lucky enough to be an Avant Foundation scholarship holder. Are you an early career doctor looking to build your research capabilities? Applications for the 2022 Avant Foundation Early Career Research Program are now open. The new 2022 program offers up to $450,000 in funding across 29 research grants for full-time, part-time, short-term, and microgrant research projects, with microgrants supported by research coaching. A research skills development program is also on offer. The program builds on 10 years of the Doctor in Training Research Scholarship Program that has funded nearly $3.5 million in support of over 127 projects. It has supported life-changing research to promote better patient outcomes and helped advance the careers of some of Australia’s promising medical researchers. In 2022 there are also ...

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Dinesh Palipana is Queensland’s first quadriplegic doctor – Report by Trevine Rodrigo (Melbourne)   Dinesh Palipana is a doctor working in one of the busiest emergency departments in the country. But he isn’t your average doctor. Eight years ago, his car aquaplaned and rolled multiple times, changing his life forever. Dinesh Palipana is a doctor working in one of the busiest emergency departments in the country. But he isn’t your average doctor. Eight years ago, his car aquaplaned and rolled multiple times, changing his life forever. “I was on top of the world, enjoying the outdoors, travelling, and in a matter of seconds I become paralysed,” he said. “To not be able to use your fingers and legs and things like that was a bit of a shock and it took a long time to adjust and to come back to life.” After a seven-month stay in hospital and three ...

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‘I might be quadriplegic, but I’m your doctor’ When medical student Dinesh Palipana suffered a severe spinal injury in a car crash, he was told his dream of becoming a doctor was over. Now he’s Queensland’s first quadriplegic doctor, working at one of the state’s busiest hospitals. Dr Palipana tells his story in his own words. Source: ABC News I didn’t grow up wanting to be a doctor. And I certainly never imagined practising medicine with quadriplegia. I was exactly halfway through medical school when my car aquaplaned on Brisbane’s Gateway Motorway. It was a dark night soaked with the smell of fresh rain. The road was slippery. My last thought when the car started rolling was: I can’t stop this now. I’ll just have fun like a rollercoaster. When my Nissan X-Trail eventually stopped rolling, I looked around in shock. The car was destroyed. My favourite white T-shirt was ...

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