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 Preparing for extreme weather conditions
Important message from CEO Linda West to our community members – preparing for extreme weather conditions.
The first priority of Otway Health Board of Management is the safety of our staff and the dependent residents and patients in our care. As the 2010 bushfire season gets underway, we would like to share our policies and plans with you.
On Code Red days Otway Health has adopted a policy of ‘stay and shelter in place’.
- This is considered the lowest risk option with the best outcome for our highly dependent residents.
- We will continue to offer acute and emergency care to patients requiring hospital treatment.
This policy is subject to the proviso that there are adequate staff members and resources to maintain safe levels of service.
These resources will rapidly be over extended if members of the general public seek refuge at Otway Health. Providing refuge is not the role of O ...[Go to full story]
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Otway Health and Community Services is one of the first three Multipurpose Services established in Victoria. We commenced operation on 1 January 1995 and provide community health, hospital, aged accommodation, child care centre, adult education, neighbourhood house, rental units for older people (Seamist Villas), palliative care, community (district) nursing, allied health and home based community care services to people residing in our catchment area.
The area covered by Otway Health and Community Services is on the coastal side of the Otway Ranges including the townships of Lavers Hill, Beech Forest and Horden Vale, and extending along the coast from Apollo Bay to Wye River. Home and Community Care Services, including home care, property maintenance and delivered meals extend even further to cover the southern part of the Colac Otway Shire.
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