Articles tagged: Health
Inquiry into farm cattle deaths
THE discovery of sick and dead cattle on a Colac district farm has sparked an investigation into a possible disease outbreak.
Couple fighting to stay in Australia
A COLAC couple is fighting to stay in Australia after officials ruled one of them was too old and had insufficient English skills to earn permanent residency.
Hospital chief defends bed plan
COLAC'S available emergency hospital beds will halve after 3.30pm each day under a plan to retain the city’s overnight urgent care.
Shedding light on rare disease
A COLAC woman wants to meet other people suffering the same debilitating disease that prevented her from walking and talking.
Technology extends health care
COLAC Area Health’s urgent care centre is linking its medical staff with doctors and paramedics across Victoria.
Businesses support palliative care
COLAC and district businesses have thrown their support behind a bid for a new palliative care space at the city's hospital.
Algae saves woman’s ruined heart
A REVOLUTIONARY experimental treatment using algae has repaired Rhonda Armstrong’s heart and given her a new lease on life.
Injured teenager returns home
A COLAC district junior footballer is home from hospital after suffering spinal injuries in a match at the weekend.
Man waited 100 minutes for ambulance
A COLAC district man waited more than an hour for an ambulance after falling from a horse at Bambra, north of Lorne.
Sand rash leads to cancer diagnosis
COLAC'S Janine Benson discovered she had breast cancer after a boogie boarding rash prompted her to visit a doctor.
Cleaning up with goats’ milk
COLAC'S Donna Manders says goat’s milk is taking over the world – one baa at a time.
New cancer surgery saved farmer
CANCER would have killed Colac’s Ian McMillan if the shadow on his lung had developed five years earlier.
Punters pump less cash into pokies
COLAC multi-million-dollar poker machine habit is declining.
Doctor appeals to patients
A COLAC doctor says people must use extra GP appointments available in Colac to help Colac Hospital’s urgent care department cut costs and stay open.
Community heard on health care
A COLAC businessman says he is pleased “the community has been heard” after health leaders found a solution to a Colac Hospital urgent care crisis.
Colac health service saved
COLAC Area Health’s urgent care department will remain open around the clock after the health service’s board agreed on a model to save the service.
Women umpires make football history
COLAC football umpires will make history this weekend with the first all-female-umpired football match to raise money for breast cancer awareness.
Tough Tiger clawing his way back
COLAC'S Travis Woodmason hopes to return to senior football in coming weeks after a year and a half on the sidelines.
Dairy farmers are suicide risk
FARMERS have warned suicide could become more common in south-west Victoria if a dairy crisis continues.
Hospital on track to erase debt
COLAC Area Health could be on track to erase its $1-million deficit from last financial year by the start of July.
Surgeon defends hospital chiefs
A COLAC surgeon says Colac Area Health’s executive and board are doing an “excellent” job and says criticism of the decision makers is “totally unjustified”.
Model to save Colac emergency care
A STEERING committee has unanimously agreed on a model it believes will save Colac Area Health’s overnight urgent care service.
Family evicted for ‘public safety’
AUTHORITIES evicted a family from a derelict Colac district property “in the interests of public safety”.
Commission will challenge church
COLAC'S Catholic parish priest says he expects a royal commission into child sexual abuse will challenge the church.
