Health

  • Illness won’t stop young aid worker

    A COLAC teenager who suffered life-threatening illneses while volunteering in Africa says she’s planning more overseas aid work.

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  • Hope for heart treatment

    COLAC district’s Rhonda Armstrong says she hopes an experimental procedure which saved her life will become the standard cure for people with weakened hearts.

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  • Special birthday for Colac newborns

    COLAC’S first baby of 2014 waited nine days over his due date to enter the world.

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  • Call for week off after head injury

    THE head of Colac’s Sports Trainers Group has thrown his support behind sportspeople having mandatory weeks off after head injuries.

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  • Funding cuts will hurt vulnerable

    COLAC’S hospital chief says a State Government funding cut will hurt Colac and district’s most financially vulnerable families.

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  • Youth hub will make difference

    A LEADING authority on children’s mental wellbeing says Colac and district people will find “great solace” in the city’s upcoming youth health centre.

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  • Crook Kooka on the mend

    COLAC basketball young gun Jack Barrow says he is still a chance to play this weekend despite overcoming a possible case of glandular fever.

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  • Hospital reverses cash crisis

    COLAC Area Health has turned a $1.1-million deficit into a $100,000 surplus in 12 months.

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