Health
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Merbein aged-care centre aims to bring generations together
IT’S definitely a first for the Mildura region – and one of the first in Australia. Work has just been completed on Chaffey Aged Care’s…
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Movember gets Renee Stringer on the move
RENEE Stringer says although she can’t grow a moustache, she can still do her part in raising awareness for men’s health in November. The Robinvale…
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Free Robinvale mental health clinic opens
A ROBINVALE almond grower’s dream of opening a free, walk-in mental health clinic in his home town came to life this week. Luke Benham pledged…
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Mildura psychiatrist Hieu Pham brings a unique background
EVERY patient is unique. That’s what Dr Hieu Pham has discovered throughout his 32-year career as a psychiatrist. Dr Pham, originally based in Melbourne, moved…
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Mildura seniors find it feels better to get moving
FOR many people, a trip to the gym is about more than just caring for their body. It can also be an exercise for the…
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Robinvale midwife’s career born on a dark night
IT was in the middle of the night in the back of a truck under a street light in Kerang when Vicki Broad realised she…
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Robinvale drop-in centre realises mental health goal
A NEW mental health drop-in clinic, funded by Luke Benham’s 42K for 42K challenge, has opened this week in Robinvale’s district health centre. Last weekend…
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Mildura Hospital director welcomes mental health campaign
MILDURA Hospital’s David Kirby has backed a Federal Government campaign urging Australians to take care of their mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. The MBPH’s…
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Playing up the organ donation message
AT just nine months old, Bernice Allan was given 24 hours to live. She was born with biliary atresia — a liver disease in which…
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Cancer warning as mammogram screenings plummet
SARA White is no stranger to cancer. Working as a bowel cancer researcher at Melbourne’s Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research for 14 years, she was…
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Mildura Base Public Hospital ‘comfortable’ with COVID risk
PRE-OPERATION swabbing of elective-surgery patients for COVID-19 ended on Friday in Mildura. Following months of no community transmission of the deadly respiratory disease in north-west…
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Jacaranda Village chief says COVID aged-care plans are solid
THE head of a Sunraysia aged-care home is confident the necessary plans are in place for providers to cope with a COVID-19 outbreak in the…
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