 New hospital takes shape
There’s no missing Warrnambool’s new $115 million hospital redevelopment project. The imposing construction of regional Australia’s most modern health facility is dramatically addi ...[more] |
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 Our donors are the best!
To the tune of $175,279, the generosity of donors over the past nine months has allowed South West Healthcare to buy, and do, the most amazing things for the community.
Ever ...[more] |
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 Sharing curries and countries
South West Healthcare’s Catriona Campbell seized the moment this week when she heard about Vindaloo Against Violence. She rounded up her Psychiatric Services colleagues to join the ...[more] |
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 Paula Conquers A Challenge thanks to Timboon & District Healthcare Service Exercise Programs
79 year old Paula Steen of Timboon has just completed Multiple Sclerosis Melbourne Summer Cycle Marathon with her brother on the 21st February. It is her first competitive 40 kilom ...[more] |
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 Good Bye, Farewell & Thank You
FAREWELL TO HELEN PINI
MANAGER OF CLINICAL CARE
Helen Pini, Manager of our Clinical Care Division,
is retiring from Otway Health after five yea ...[more] |
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 SWARH Virtual Services Showcase
A major component of the SWARH Virtual Services Project, was the provision of virtual advice into the SWARH region from the Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital.
The SWARH Office ...[more] |
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 Colac Area Health is now HASS Accredited
Colac Area Health Support Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) is a transitional housing support service providing assistance to people experiencing housing crisis. The worker a ...[more] |
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 Kids - Go for your LIfe
Congratulations to Colac West Primary School and Colac Primary for becoming ‘Kids – Go For Your Life’ awarded schools. This is a great achievement and a positive step to a healthie ...[more] |
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 Knock out the Risks
The Knock Out the Risks project is progressing well and we are now starting to work towards the final evaluations and report. The last couple of months have focused on the social ...[more] |
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 SWH’s Stroke Team takes to the water
It’s a serious business, this whale boat racing. Seven international teams are even flying from the United States to contest Warrnambool’s soon-to-be-held national whale boat racin ...[more] |
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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 Hea ...[more] |
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 Patients the winners of another SWH Victoria-first
South West Healthcare has become the first Victorian health service to adopt an initiative being heralded in the United Kingdom and New Zealand as a godsend for freeing-up nurses s ...[more] |
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 Fish and Chips Night
CORANGAMARAH
Residential Aged Care Facility
Fish and Chips Night
Three Colac Area Health staff members, Joy O’Dwyer, Sue McVeigh and Peter Rice were ...[more] |
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 Training Centre Upgraded
Colac Area Health's Anna Reilly, left, and administrative officer Cathy Maxwell in the hospital's new simulation room for nursing, medical and allied health students. more] |
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 PDH donation to help eliminate avoidable blindness in Rwanda
Story courtesy of Portland Observer, Wednesday January 20, 2010. (photo by Tom Stanford)
A SLIT lamp used to diagnose a range
of eye disorders from Portland ...[more] |
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Baby deliveries resume at PDH
Story by Tiana Ray courtesy of Portland Observer, Wednesday January 20, 2010.
PORTLAND District Health’s maternity
services are back up and running after ...[more] |
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Harbourside staffing safe
Story by ANGELA
McFEETERS courtesy of Portland Observer, Wednesday January 20, 2010.
HARBOURSIDE Lodge will not be replacing
nursing staff with personal ...[more] |
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 Sea View residents take the plunge with new program
Story courtesy of Portland Observer, Friday January 15, 2010.
SEA View House has started a
new program for its residents to go
swimming each week, and so ...[more] |
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Healthy Weight Week is time to eat better, feel better and move more NOW!!!
JOIN TIMBOON AND DITRICT HEALTHCARES FOOD FOR THOUGHT PROGRAM
Australians are getting bigger
Sixty two per cent or more than 13 million Australian adults are overweight ...[more] |
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 Doctor boost at PDH
Story by ANGELA McFEETERS courtesy of Portland Observer, Wednesday January 14, 2010.DOCTOR Hazizi Hassan boosted
Portland District Health’s staff
doctor pool whe ...[more] |
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