Colac Area Health
Cash for health research
Colac Area Health research into how rural health services support their staff wellbeing has received a major boost.
Millions for hospital equipment
Colac Area Health has received $2 million in funding for crucial hospital equipment.
Decades of hospital support
After almost 130 years of history and about $60,000 in donations in the past two decades, Colac hospital’s auxiliary group has made its last official donation.
Emergency is no longer on wishlist
Colac Area Health says it is not seeking to upgrade its urgent care centre to an emergency ward, despite the centre’s activity and demand impacting on its infrastructure and workforce.
Surgery continues in city
There has been no delay to any elective surgeries at Colac Area Health, as surging flu and COVID-19 cases across the state have caused some hospitals to pause surgeries.
First-hand lesson for first-years
Deakin University students have immersed themselves in Colac’s medical scene and experienced what the Colac district community has to offer.
A career of baby bonuses
Lifechanging moments, heartbreaking news, intimate experiences, births and deaths – Judith Fleming has encountered it all in her four decades as an obstetrician and gynaecologist.
Colac’s COVID clinic to finally close doors
After almost two years and 25,707 PCR tests, Colac Area Health will halt its COVID-19 testing service.