Health

  • Asbestos confirmed in Apollo Bay tests

    VICTORIA’S Environment Protection Authority has confirmed the presence of asbestos sheeting in soil at three locations around Apollo Bay.

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  • Asbestos soil tests for Apollo Bay’s foreshore

    ENVIRONMENT officials investigated soil at Apollo Bay’s foreshore yesterday after reports of a possible asbestos contamination.

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  • Colac Hospital plans for stroke clinic

    COLAC HOSPITAL hopes to expand its specialist health services from March.

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  • Cancer centre appeal gathers momentum

    COLAC people have thrown support behind a new cancer centre fundraiser, with families and businesses helping to raise more than $80,000 in four months.

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  • Loving daughter crusades for dementia awareness

    FORREST’S Helen Speirs says she wants people to have a better understanding of dementia, a disease which her mother Shirley has battled for the past six years.

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  • Six-month funding reprieve for Colac youth worker

    COLAC’S youth worker role will continue for the next six months despite a lack of State Government funding, Colac Area Health’s chief says.

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  • Family stays positive amid failing eyesight

    COLAC’S Tammie Tevelein loves Christmas, but unlike the people who visit her street, she is unable to see her family’s festive display.

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  • Colac hospital posts $320,000 budget deficit

    A DECREASE in aged care resident numbers has created a “small” $320,000 deficit in Colac Area Health’s bottom line, a CAH leader says.

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