Health
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Medicine pilot to be debated
CHANGES to the supply, dispensation and administering of certain medicines is being proposed in a Bill before state parliament. A Bill to amend the Drugs, Poisons…
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Study trip to look at US remote health model
THE next level of technology-based remote health care will be the subject of a visit to the United States by Mildura Base Public Hospital chief…
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Mildura’s age gap is wide, says report
MILDURA men are still lagging behind women when it comes to longevity despite a marked increase in the life expectancy of Australian residents over the…
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Honour for long-serving Mildura GP
A MILDURA doctor who came to the region for six weeks as a locum, and never left, has received a Length of Service Award for…
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Heald ‘sad’ to depart health services role
SIMONE Heald will step down from her role as chief executive at Sunraysia Community Health Services to follow a new career opportunity in Melbourne She…
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Accolade for Red Cliffs health team
THE hard work of the team at Red Cliffs’ Sunraysia Medical Centre in immunising members of at-risk and non-English speaking communities has earned recognition at…
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Resilient family up for another cancer fight
A RESILIENT family has again been devastated by a return cancer diagnosis, just when they finally thought their lives were back to normal. Five years ago,…
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New role for top obstetrician
MILDURA’S Monash Rural Health students will have the opportunity to learn from one of Sunraysia’s top obstetricians following the appointment of Dr Brian McCully as an…
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Hi-tech cancer centre is changing lives
Dozens of patients a day are benefiting from the medical technology and skills at the Mildura Health Icon Cancer Centre. Centre site manager Anita Erlandsen…
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Experts speak on improving men’s health
A GP, an exercise physiologist and a prostate cancer specialist nurse spoke at the Red Cliffs Men’s Shed on Thursday to mark Men’s Health Week.…
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Health groups push for reform
EIGHT health consumer groups have backed the Federal Government’s push to introduce 60-day dispensing of PBS medicines at Australian pharmacies from September. They penned an…
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Move to tell more organ donor stories
AN amendment about how organ and tissue donation information is disclosed is being debated in Federal Parliament. The government is seeking to extend the list…
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