Health
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Improved free access to encephalitis vaccine
NEW South Wales Health is expanding free access to the Japanese encephalitis vaccine for Wentworth residents to protect those most at risk after a confirmed…
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Tristar creditors may face rush
MORE than 300 creditors face an uncertain future after Tristar Medical Group was put into liquidation following months of administration. Tristar, which at one stage…
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Sunraysia paramedic tells of ‘burn out’
AMBULANCE Victoria had just one paramedic team available to attend the crash that claimed the lives of police officer Bria Joyce and a civilian driver,…
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Labor accused of shifting goal posts on GP shortage
MILDURA’S health crisis has been raised in the Senate, where the Opposition has accused the new Labor government of favouring capital city suburbs over the…
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Bulk-bill service for Tristar patients
FORMER patients of the Mildura Tristar clinic now have access to a bulk-billed telehealth service. The Director of Family Doctor, Dr Rod Aziz, said the…
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Wattle planting a double celebration
GOL Gol Primary students celebrated the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee on Thursday by planting two wattle trees on the school grounds. The event, made possible by a…
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Mystery deepens on Mildura hospital master plan
ASKED to explain continued delays to the master plan on which hang hopes for a new Mildura hospital, the Victorian Health Department has avoided the…
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Mildura suicides need investigation, says coroner
VICTORIA’S Deputy State Coroner says further investigation into suicide deaths of Mildura residents is clearly warranted. An examination of the Victorian Suicide Register by the…
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Doctor Who? Puzzling response to Mildura’s health crisis
THE Victorian Government’s solution to Mildura’s local doctor shortage appears to be based on whether it can find more local doctors in a region where…
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Hospital decision close, says minister, as doctor crisis grows
AS Mildura grapples with a critical doctor shortage that threatens to overwhelm the city’s public hospital, the Victorian Health Minister has indicated she will soon…
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The ‘life and death’ fight of striking NSW nurses
THE NSW health system was in “a state of crisis” warned Buronga nurses as they walked off the job on Thursday to protest working conditions.…
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We ‘can’t find’ more doctors for Mildura, says Premier
THE Victorian government has indicated it is trying to establish and urgent-care clinic in Mildura to offset a critical shortage of GPs, but Premier Dan…