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Hep B treatment waning

FEWER than one in five Mildura residents living with hepatitis B are receiving life-saving care and treatment. The Doherty Institute’s Viral Hepatitis Mapping Project national report estimated that of 291 Mildura residents living with chronic...

7 hours ago
Health

Patient transfer’s maiden voyage

MILDURA Base Public Hospital’s new patient transport vehicle carried its first passenger on Monday morning. Lemah Togo was transferred from the hospital to the Icon Cancer Centre for radiation therapy.“I feel like a movie star,“ she said. “Five days...

20 Nov 2024
News

Art, dance and mental health support

COOMEALLA Health Aboriginal Corporation staff are set to host their first Kumpa Kiira event at Wentworth on Thursday with the aim if creating a space of healing through entertainment. Event organiser Jaharlyn Mitchell said he wanted to create place...

20 Nov 2024
News

Food safety deadline approaches

NEW food safety requirements will come into effect in New South Wales from December 8. The rules apply to businesses that sell or serve ready to eat unpackaged food that needs to be kept hot or cold to stay safe. Most school canteens, childcare...

19 Nov 2024
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13 Feb 2020
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MP wants drivers to become donors

AN upper house member of Parliament for Northern Victoria has urged the State Government to allow people to become organ donors when renewing a licence. The Nationals’ Gaelle Broad said a simple change to legislation could give countless people...

18 Nov 2024
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Health

GP steps back

A LOCAL doctor has received an outpouring of community support after announcing he is stepping away from general practice after 44 years. Dr Philip Webster said although he would no longer be a GP, he would continue providing medical services to the...

16 Nov 2024
Health

Hospital CEO to take time off

MILDURA Base Public Hospital chief executive Terry Welch will take 12 months’ leave beginning in February next year. A memo was sent to MBPH staff at the end of October, informing them that Mr Welch would take long service leave from February 1, 2025...

15 Nov 2024
Community

Mobilising community to reduce gender-based violence

A LA Trobe University researcher whose work has focused on reducing gender-based violence was the keynote speaker at a White Ribbon networking event jointly hosted by Mildura Rural City Council and the higher education institution on Tuesday. Dr Jess...

13 Nov 2024
Health

Syphilis infections rise across Far West

SYPHILIS infections are rising across the Far West Local Health District, prompting a plea from health professionals to prioritise sexual health. FWLHD director of public health Priscilla Stanley said there had been twenty reported cases of syphilis...

13 Nov 2024
Health

Ouyen antenatal clinic popular

PREGNANT women in Ouyen and surrounds are benefiting from a monthly antenatal clinic conducted by a midwife. Brie Crook, who is also acting nurse unit manager at Mildura Base Public Hospital, said the uptake of the service since it opened in April...

12 Nov 2024
Health

Quiz about money stress

A NEW online quiz has been created to combat financial stress and improve mental health, which has seemingly become more prevalent due to the increased cost of living says members of a prominent wellbeing organisation Created by Beyond Blue, the...

10 Nov 2024
Health

Early skin cancer detection is the key

LODDON Mallee residents have been urged to check their skin and see a GP if they notice any changes following the release of data that shows almost half of Australians aren’t using adequate sun protection. Mildura has one of the highest average daily...

08 Nov 2024
Health

Mallee Track’s Medicare champs

A PRIMARY health care team that services Murrayville and Underbool has been declared a Medicare Champion in the Stronger Medicare Awards in Canberra. Nurse practitioner Di Thornton and physiotherapist Katharine Daniel from the Mallee Border Health...

08 Nov 2024
News

Mildura rehab facility questioned

AN inquiry into the health impacts of alcohol and other drugs in Australia has been told Mildura does not have the population base to support a 30-bed drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility in the region. The Victorian Government announced in...

06 Nov 2024
News

Region tops smoker numbers

MILDURA has one of the highest smoking rates in Victoria with almost one in five residents currently persisting with the habit. A new report from Cancer Council Victoria’s Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer (CBRC) shows the highest smoking...

06 Nov 2024
Health

Pharmacy program gets extended script

A PILOT program running at Victorian community pharmacies had been extended until the end of June next year. Introduced in October 2023, the State Government established a 12-month test to expand the role of community...

03 Nov 2024