Articles tagged: Health
Charity reaches milestone, aims for another
An annual Timboon charity fundraiser will reach one milestone next week and organisers expect it to eclipse another.
Ready to run for children’s hospital
Colac and district runners are putting in final preparations for tomorrow’s Run for the Kids.
Mission of hope for paralysed Colac youngster
A Colac couple will fly to the other side of the world in the hope of restoring their son’s ability to walk.
Dad’s ready for fundraising run
Colac’s Tim Hassett says he is as ready as he’ll ever be for the 14-kilometre run he plans to complete this weekend.
Memories linger for polio survivors
Reminiscing about years spent on their backs battling a debilitating disease reinforces the importance of immunisations for two Colac residents.
Help shape future of health care
Health officials want community feedback to help shape the future of Colac Area Health.
Trainee surgeon hands-on in Colac
Colac is a long way from home for Papua New Guinea-born doctor Wilson Pakalu.
Running for little girl’s life
Colac’s Tim Hassett will run 14 kilometres to give back to the hospital that saved his daughter’s life.
Hover help for hospital patients
Colac hospital patients are set to hover above their beds thanks to a community fundraiser.
Australia’s first hand transplant
Cobden’s Peter Walsh has spent the past five years dreaming of a new right hand.
Winchelsea health service on world stage
Winchelsea’s health service will showcase its work with dementia patients on the world stage.
MP calls for GP student housing
Senior state Liberal politician Terry Mulder of Colac has called on the Federal Government to buy houses for visiting medical students.
Meeting on methadone program
A pharmacy meeting today could decide the fate of methadone dispensing in Colac.
Student apartments still eluding hospital
Colac appears unlikely to receive apartment accommodation for visiting health students.
Help for heroin addicts remains
Recovering heroin addicts will have methadone services in Colac for the foreseeable future.
Cutting methadone hurts former addicts
A health advocate expects cutting methadone services in Colac will further marginalise former drug addicts and put their families at risk.
Beeac joins hospital appeal
The Royal Children’s Hospital Appeal’s country tally board will have a new name on its list this year – Beeac.
Cuts will hurt recovering addicts
Recovering heroin addicts will have to travel to Geelong for treatment under plans to cut Colac’s methadone funding.
Hospital birth-rate rising
Colac Area Health could set a new record for the number of babies born at the hospital in a year.
Measles outbreak in Colac
Health officials have urged Colac and district residents to look for signs of measles after the disease appeared in the city.
Medical placements boost health sector
Two medical students have immersed themselves in Colac to learn about being a rural doctor.
Call to join health team
Colac and district residents wanting to join the city’s hospital board have just days to apply.
Patients praise district doctor
Patients and residents have sprung to the defence of a Colac doctor at the centre of an anonymous campaign.
Medical work is in the blood
When Claire Arundell studies medicine this year, she will be following in the footsteps of a grandfather she has long admired, but never met.
