Articles tagged: Health
Children locked in hot car
A CONCERNED witness has reported seeing children locked in a car during Colac’s heatwave, sparking a warning from police.
Heat takes toll on bowlers
HEAT caused one woman to collapse and two others to pull out of a Corangamite bowls pairs competition this week.
Dairy farming is dangerous business
A COLAC district dairy farmer says the job’s physical nature could explain why a quarter of farming injures are in the dairy sector.
Call for mental health help
COLAC hospital chief Geoff Iles says he fears Colac could miss out on youth mental health funding without support from politicians.
Illness won’t stop young aid worker
A COLAC teenager who suffered life-threatening illneses while volunteering in Africa says she’s planning more overseas aid work.
Hope for heart treatment
COLAC district’s Rhonda Armstrong says she hopes an experimental procedure which saved her life will become the standard cure for people with weakened hearts.
Special birthday for Colac newborns
COLAC'S first baby of 2014 waited nine days over his due date to enter the world.
Call for week off after head injury
THE head of Colac’s Sports Trainers Group has thrown his support behind sportspeople having mandatory weeks off after head injuries.
Funding cuts will hurt vulnerable
COLAC'S hospital chief says a State Government funding cut will hurt Colac and district’s most financially vulnerable families.
Youth hub will make difference
A LEADING authority on children’s mental wellbeing says Colac and district people will find “great solace” in the city’s upcoming youth health centre.
Crook Kooka on the mend
COLAC basketball young gun Jack Barrow says he is still a chance to play this weekend despite overcoming a possible case of glandular fever.
Hospital reverses cash crisis
COLAC Area Health has turned a $1.1-million deficit into a $100,000 surplus in 12 months.
Teenagers walking for hurt mate
LORNE teenagers hope to help their friend Lochie Donne in his recovery from spinal injuries, one step at a time.
A miracle whirlwind week
A COLAC district mother feels her late son-in-law is watching over his family after a "whirlwind" week including a national television appearance.
Teen recovering from spinal injuries
FORMER Lorne teenager Lochie Donne has described his thoughts after a surfing accident left him with no feeling in his limbs.
Seven Colac children locked in hot vehicles
AUTHORITIES have warned of “catastrophic” consequences this summer if people continue to leave children in hot cars.
Little dog saves owner’s life
COLAC'S Anne-Maree Landgren says her dog Jessica saved her life after her heart stopped.
Typhoon distresses Colac doctors
COLAC doctors from the Philippines have spoken of their distress at seeing Super Typhoon Haiyan devastate their home country.
Hospital access among best
COLAC residents’ access to hospital services is among the best in Australia, a national survey has found.
Mum thought baby had died
COLAC district mum Rachel Amos-Ritchie feared her nine-month-old baby girl, blue and unconscious, had died in a car crash at Barongarook.
Child burnt in Colac workplace
CHILD trauma specialists flew to Colac to stabilise a toddler before airlifting him to Melbourne after he suffered burns in an industrial workplace accident.
Crashes fails to stop driver
A DRAMATIC crash has failed to deter Winchelsea sprintcar driver Ryan Davis from jumping behind the wheel again.
Teenager saves boyfriend
LORNE teenager Lochie Donne would be a quadriplegic or dead if it wasn’t for his girlfriend Haylee Carroll.
Player’s injury galvanises town
LORNE Hotel manager Dave Upham says an on-field accident which left footballer Casey Tutungi a quadriplegic has galvanised the coastal community.
