Health

  • Life-saving surgery gives Colac girl new hope

    A NEW liver was Colac girl Ashlee Morris’s only cure for a debilitating genetic condition.

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  • Paramedic refutes claims of ambulance crisis

    AMBULANCE Victoria officials say Colac’s ambulance service is performing well rejecting claims of an ambulance crisis.

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  • Drug counselling funding changes concern hospital

    COLAC’S hospital chief is concerned Colac’s substance abuse clients will “fall between the gaps” due to State Government funding changes.

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  • Wife’s fast reaction saves life

    “BASICALLY everything that could go right, went right.”

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  • Low vaccination rate sparks health worry

    A DROP in the immunisation rate for 5-year-old children in the Colac Otway Shire has worried a health official.

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  • Nurses discuss end-of-life options

    TALKING about palliative care is about more than “doom and gloom”, Colac nurse Alison Weedon says.

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  • Colac boy takes cystic fibrosis in his stride

    COLAC’S Therese Mulder had no idea her sons had a 25 per cent chance of cystic fibrosis when she started having children with husband Jason.

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  • ‘Ice’ and other drugs keeping counsellors busy

    COLAC’S “ice” users are also abusing other drugs to cope with the effects of “ice”, a drug counsellor says.

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