'Severe' pollen season causes increase of serious allergy cases at Canberra Hospital

By Andrew Brown
Updated December 15 2016 - 11:08am, first published December 4 2016 - 12:00am
A patient at Victoria's Sunshine Hospital receiving treatment for thunderstorm asthma.
 Photo: Justin McManus
A patient at Victoria's Sunshine Hospital receiving treatment for thunderstorm asthma. Photo: Justin McManus
Pollen expert Professor Simon Haberle, who is extending pollen monitoring until March. Photo: Jay Cronan
Pollen expert Professor Simon Haberle, who is extending pollen monitoring until March. Photo: Jay Cronan

The number of serious cases of pollen allergies and hayfever presented to Canberra emergency departments has increased over the past year.

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