Health
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Helping bear the challenge
MONASH University’s Teddy Bear Hospital will be hosting a community event at the Sunraysia Farmers Market on Saturday. The student-lead, not-for-profit effort aims to reduce…
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Home is where the hub is
A HOLISTIC place-based organisation with roots in Robinvale has introduced a free walking group to its program roster to encourage residents to move in a…
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Good to see your back
A MEDICAL massage therapist has returned to the same physiotherapy centre in Red Cliffs where she completed work experience 25 years ago. Jessica de Tarczynski…
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Refugee soars with medi-flight support
A YOUNG Congolese refugee with an immunocompromised condition has received specialist care thanks to resettlement and humanitarian agency AMES Australia and medical charity Angel Flight.…
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Rehab centre views aired
A VOCAL crowd aired their objections and support of a $36 million alcohol and other drugs treatment facility in Merbein during a community information drop-in…
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Plan for more nurses, midwives at Base
THE Victorian Government has announced plans to lift the minimum nurse and midwife to patient ratios, and will spend $101.3 million to help hospitals with…
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Nurses and midwives welcomed
TWENTY new nursing and midwifery graduates have been welcomed to the team at the Far West Local Health District, and the hope is they’ll provide…
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Moving ahead despite disease
A LOCAL personal trainer wants to spread awareness of a rare disease he was diagnosed with that can severely affect motor function. Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating…
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Base ED feeling patient pressure
MILDURA Base Public Hospital’s emergency department is trailing the state average on wait times but ahead on ambulance transfer metrics, new data shows. The Victorian…
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Women’s health in fast lane
WOMEN in regional areas of Victoria are set to have better access to healthcare thanks to a travelling health van and a soon to be…
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Mentally unwell men “set up to fail”
ASSOCIATES of two men accused of setting fire to their units in Mildura in separate incidents last month say gaps in the mental system system…
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X-ray service returns to town
AN X-ray service is now available in Robinvale for the first time in more than seven years. The service will operate part-time, from 10am to…
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