Articles tagged: Health
MOTIVATED: Bowie and friendship inspire cancer fundraiser
A COLAC woman is using a cancer diagnosis and her love of David Bowie as motivation for a fundraising event for the Long Road Appeal.
PUMPED: Purple push promotes philanthropic project
COLAC businesses and services are getting ready to “paint the town purple” next week to promote the city’s annual Cancer Council Relay for Life.
LONG ROAD SHORTENS: Work continues on new cancer centre
CONTRACTORS are still expecting to finish building a cancer centre at the Colac Hospital by the end of next month.
PLACEMENT STARTS: Medical students boost Colac health sector
THREE medical students will call Colac home as they embark on a yearlong medical placement within the community.
DREAM MEETING: Cancer patient hopes to meet tennis star
A COLAC district woman says she has added meeting tennis player Andy Murray to the bucket list she started after receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis.
MARATHON EFFORT: Golfers raise awareness for brain injury charity
PLAYING 100 holes of golf in one day has helped a group of Apollo Bay golfers raise about $4000 for people with acquired brain injuries.
Minister at Colanda but still no certainty
THE FUTURE of Colac’s Colanda Centre remains uncertain after a visit from the State Government’s Disability and Ageing Minister to the centre yesterday.
Worker sees impact of violence
COLAC AREA HEALTH is wrapping up its month of action on family violence today, but a children’s resource worker says conversations to prevent violence should continue
Colac’s new cancer centre to be ready by March
WORKERS have started construction of a cancer treatment centre in Colac and hope to be finished in March next year.
Horserider defies doctors’ predictions after head injury
DOCTORS told Jess Halliday 10 years ago that she might never walk or talk again.
Shops must lift game on wheelchair access
A COLAC man has called for Colac retailers to become more wheelchair-friendly, after lack of access prevented his wheelchair-bound wife from using Colac businesses.
Worker to help tackle violence
COLAC Area Health has a new worker to help tackle increasing reports of family violence in the region.
Teen chooses cruise with motoring idols
A COLAC district teenager has spent the day with his motoring idols after taking 12 years to choose his ultimate wish.
Awareness is vital to ensure breast health
COLAC'S leading breast cancer nurse is urging men and women to be aware about breast health.
Liberals launch plan to cut ice addiction
RECOVERING ice addicts make up more than half of the clients of Colac's leading drugs counsellor.
Call for Otways trial to grow medical cannabis
OTWAYS farmers could develop Victoria’s version of Tasmania’s poppy industry after the State Government’s decision to legalise medical marijuana cultivation.
Cancer awareness fundraiser in honour of friend
FRIENDS and family have will gather next month to celebrate the life of a Colac woman and raise awareness of the disease that took her life.
Traffic crash injures student
A COLAC district girl is in a Melbourne hospital after a car hit her as she crossed a road to catch a school bus on the final day of term three.
Torres Strait posting inspires Colac nurse
SIX WEEKS as one of the only nurses in a remote island community have awakened a Colac woman to “Third World” diseases and conditions within Australia.
Good Samaritan comes to aid of boy impaled on handlebar
A COLAC boy has cancelled his Christmas wish for a bike after an accident left him with a bike handle impaled 10 centimetres into his groin.
Baby’s homecoming after surgery a relief for parents
COLAC’S Josh Goonan admits there were times when he and wife Rhiannon thought they might never bring their son Noah home.
Quick-thinking employee save’s boss’s life
COLAC businessman Greg Allan says he is “probably the luckiest bloke in Colac” after leaving hospital only six weeks after a major heart attack and coma.
Clinic tackles health concerns
IRREWARRA-BEEAC football club president Stuart Nelson is encouraging people between the age of 40 and 70 to get a health check.
Volunteers keep service alive
COLAC and district’s older residents will today celebrate a valuable community service and the help of 38 volunteers.
