Health

ORGANISERS of a mental health awareness walk are hopeful the event will finally be held this month, after Mildura’s inaugural walk was called off just…

RURAL doctors are calling for the definition of rural to be tightened to stop large centres and capital cities like Hobart, Darwin and Townsville sapping…

RECRUITING staff has always been a challenge for Mildura Base Public Hospital (MBPH), but since its transition to public management it has been able to…

THE upheaval from daily life for cancer patients needing to travel to get health services is a major hurdle in committing to treatment, according to…

THERE has been a massive increase in children under 12 seeking help from a children’s mental health app and experts say the full impact of the…

SUNRAYSIA residents are being urged to plan ahead when it comes to getting the flu vaccine this year. With the COVID-19 vaccine set to be…

MILDURA Base Public Hospital (MBPH) was caught in the crossfire between Facebook and the Federal Government this week. Chief executive Terry Welch said the wiping…

Sunraysia Daily is providing this important health information to the community free on behalf of the Mildura Base Public Hospital (MBPH) after its Facebook site…

WHEN Tom Athorn signed up to be a paramedic in 1980, ambulance officers could only give patients one type of painkiller. When he retired last…

“BIRTH is beautiful” is something Briony Dickenson had heard before, but it was the last thing she thought after she gave birth to her daughter…

MENTAL health support in Sunraysia has received a boost with a new quick-response service operating at Sunraysia Community Health Services (SCHS). The Head to Help…

MILDURA’S first radiation cancer treatment centre will provide “untold” benefits to Sunraysia, a formal launch of the facility was told on Thursday. The integrated cancer…