As Armstrong Creek continues to grow, so do the facilities required to service the community.<\/strong><\/p>\n Locally respected general practitioners Dr Faisal Murad and Dr Saba Qutub saw a lack of medical facilities in the region and took it upon themselves to open a medical centre.<\/p>\n \u201cWe wanted to provide young families moving into the area a place to visit should they feel unwell or help them feel safer knowing we\u2019re there in close proximity,\u201d Dr Faisal said.<\/p>\n \u201cOur hope is to have a medical facility that will provide traditional general practice services to the whole family, as well as a wide variety of other services including anti-wrinkle injections, medical aesthetics, integrative medicine, nutritional medicine and medical acupuncture.\u201d<\/p>\n Both graduating in Medicine from India, they worked in Geelong Hospital from 2007 as resident doctors.<\/p>\n Collectively, Dr Faisal Murad and Dr Saba Qutub have worked in the field of medicine, surgery, obstetrics, gynaecology, paediatrics, orthopaedic surgery and emergency medicine at Geelong Hospital.<\/p>\n In 2010, they both decided a change of pace was in order and took on the roles as general practitioners.<\/p>\n \u201cWe love how we can get to know the people within our community being GPs and helping to make their days a little bit better if they\u2019re unwell.<\/p>\n \u201cI worked within the Drysdale medical clinic, while Dr Saba Qutub worked in Highton medical clinic.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have a vision to expand into a much larger clinic eventually, operating seven days a week with long opening hours. We also want to provide another space to provide other services such as radiology, pathology, dentistry and allied health.\u201d<\/p>\n Armstrong Health is located at 731-739 Barwon Heads Road, Armstrong Creek.<\/p>\n For more information, head to armstronghealth.com.au or phone 5211 4891.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Armstrong Health As Armstrong Creek continues to grow, so do the facilities required to service the community. Locally respected general practitioners Dr Faisal Murad and Dr Saba Qutub saw a lack of medical facilities in the region and took it upon themselves to open a medical centre. \u201cWe wanted to provide young families moving into […]<\/p>\n