Colac health service saved

COLAC Area Health’s urgent care department will remain open around the clock after the health service’s board agreed on a model to save the service.

SOLUTION: Jason Trethowan, left, and Geoff Iles are pleased Colac Area Health can keep its urgent care department open at nights.

COLAC Area Health’s urgent care department will remain open around the clock after the health service’s board agreed on a model to save the service.

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Alex White grew up in Colac and graduated from Colac College in 2004. He studied public relations at Geelong's Deakin University and graduated in 2008 before moving to Sydney for six months on a "working holiday". Alex has been a journalist at The Colac Herald since July 2010 and specialises in feature writing as well as general news. He plays cricket for Colac in the Colac District Cricket Association, football for South Colac in the Colac District Football League, as well as golf.

Comments

  1. I hope bulk billing will be available at the after-hours clinic.

  2. Great news, and it sounds like a really good model. Well done GPs and Barwon Medicare Local.

    Would have been nice if the CAH board had tried consulting with these people before deciding to close Urgent Care some months ago.

    The only thing left is for the board to be big enough to admit they made a mistake; a terrible mistake; a mistake the community was and is not willing to tolerate. They should do the right thing and out their seats up for nominations and elections at the latest with the next council elections. Then we should at last have a happy end of story.

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