Colac Area Health

  • Historic tree likely to live on

    A popular Colac palm could receive a new lease on life after a private contractor offered to take the tree and find it a new home.

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  • Popular palm’s removal prompts public concern

    Colac hospital authorities have confirmed a historic palm tree will be removed to make way for critical infrastructure. But crews are still determining what the future of the tree will look like.

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  • High demand for smoke help

    New research suggests almost one in seven adults in Colac Otway shire is a daily smoker, while an estimated five per cent of adults in the shire currently vape.

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  • Caring nature guides Hayley

    Long before she chose the path of perioperative nursing, Hayley Grasso knew that caring for people was what she was made for.

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  • Plans to upgrade water pressure at hospital

    Insufficient water pressure for maintaining manual firefighting equipment is the reason behind a planning application for a water tank and water pump by Colac Area Health.

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  • Colac Area Health joins vaping battle

    Colac Area Health has announced it will collaborate with Colac Otway Shire Council and VicHealth to combat youth vaping in the shire.

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  • Local support for cancer patients

    Meriba Service Club of Colac and local businesses have joined forces to raise enough funds for the purchase of a machine to support Colac and district breast cancer patients.

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  • Importance of food nutrition

    Colac Area Health’s nutrition specialists are raising awareness of the impacts of malnutrition and particularly urging anyone at higher risk to consider their diets.

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