Colac Area Health

  • Testing stats surge

    Colac’s COVID-19 testing numbers surged again mid-week, after a lull due to wintry weather on
    Tuesday.

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  • Daily COVID clinic continues

    Test numbers at Colac’s COVID-19 testing clinic plunged yesterday, likely due to wet and wintry weather.

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  • Testing efforts keep hospital workers busy

    COVID-19 testing continued in Colac on Friday and Saturday, as Victoria entered its fifth lockdown.

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  • Birthing diversion averted

    Colac Area Health has avoided a maternity bypass thanks to Victoria’s COVID-19 lockdown.

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  • Taking shame out of diabetes

    A Colac diabetes educator has called on people to increase their knowledge about diabetes and reduce the shame and blame on people living with the condition.

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  • Screening expanded after new outbreak

    A year on from Colac’s first COVID-19 outbreak, district residents are again bracing themselves in the wake of another Victorian outbreak, with positive cases and exposure sites close to home.

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  • Student nurses to help hospital

    Student nurses could help administer COVID-19 vaccines in Colac, but Colac Area Health’s chief says they are not required for the rollout yet.

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  • CT scanner upgrade set to benefit Colac patients

    A new CT machine at Colac Area Health will reduce the number of people needing to travel outside of Colac for a scan.

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