Articles tagged: Health
Councillor has surgery in India
APOLLO Bay’s Frank Buchanan understands why his family was worried when he chose to fly to India for ground-breaking prostate surgery.
Call to close Colac’s Colanda
AN independent body wants the State Government to close Colac’s Colanda disability centre within the next 14 months.
Painful walk for cancer fight
CRESSY'S Leanne Rodgers expects her husband Chris will have more than a blister when he walks 60 kilometres in thongs to fight cancer.
Homicide detective’s ice warning
A LEADING homicide investigator says Colac and district people can’t ignore the prominence of the drug “ice” in the community.
Smoking and eating too much
A HEALTH expert says Colac and district’s long-term smokers and people failing to access healthy food are contributing to the region’s smoking and obesity rates.
Bid to turn Colac pink
A COLAC breast cancer nurse wants the city to go pink on Monday to raise awareness about the disease.
Skaters join cancer fight
Otway Derby Dolls skaters will help raise money for breast cancer research when they compete in Geelong this weekend.
Toddler’s new life and new brother
COLAC district toddler William Reilly is out of medical isolation after a life-saving transplant in time to welcome a new brother.
New team tackles booze, drugs
COLAC'S health service has teamed up with two south-west Victorian agencies to tackle the region’s drug and alcohol problems.
Shearer’s close shave with cancer
A COLAC district shearer is about to return to full-time work nearly 12 months after recovering from a brain tumour.
Dad’s death spurs crusade
A COLAC woman who lost her dad to suicide this year wants to help people avoid the pain her family is enduring.
Cancer fundraiser smashes target
COLAC and district residents have smashed a $5000 fundraising target to help advance research into a rare form of stomach cancer.
Disability HQ will employ 34
AUSTRALIA'S new disability insurance scheme plans to move into a new $2-million office in Colac, employing 34 staff.
Fighting cancer to hell and back
A RARE form of stomach cancer has taken Colac district woman Karen Finn and her family “to hell and back” in the past two years.
Man paralysed in his sleep
A COLAC district man who became a paraplegic while he slept says he hopes he’ll walk again.
More pain for young footballer
PROMISING Colac junior sportsman Jack Berry has suffered his second dislocated ankle in 16 months.
Footballer delays surgery to contest final
BIRREGURRA premiership player Roy Armistead has revealed he put off a hernia operation to play in the Saints’ under-17.5 grand final win.
Colac’s 21-year-old supermum
A 21-YEAR-OLD carer of five children is proving parenting at a young age is no barrier to pursuing a career and following dreams.
No commitment to health
CORANGAMITE'S two main election candidates have failed to come to the table on new funding for Colac’s health service, with election day looming.
Criticism saddens young mums
CRITICISM of Colac’s teen mums has “saddened and disgusted” two young mothers.
Heartless theft from disabled woman
HEARTLESS thieves have trashed the home of a physically disabled Colac woman and her husband and stolen belongings and medication in a daylight burglary.
MP won’t provide mental health cash
CORANGAMITE MP Darren Cheeseman says providing more money for teenage mental health services in Colac isn't the Federal Government's responsibility.
Action team against violence
AN “action team” of Colac community leaders could make a stand against domestic violence.
Teenage pregnancy is state’s highest
COLAC'S teen pregnancy rate is the highest in the state, with 25 babies born to 15 to 19-year-olds in the past financial year.
