Health

  • Helpline opens but no cases yet in Colac

    Colac Otway Shire still had no cases of COVID-19 as of lunchtime yesterday, but surrounding shires have had positive cases.

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  • Friends to raise funds in honour of beloved Simpson man

    FRIENDS of Simpson Football Club member who committed suicide last month have started webpage to help raise funds for mental health awareness in his honour.

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  • Brave Colac boy battles disease

    A Colac family should be celebrating the arrival of their new son, but are instead juggling hospital visits for chemotherapy and breast feeding.

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  • Routine eye testing averts man’s stroke

    A Colac man has avoided a stroke thanks to a routine eye check-up.

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  • BRAVE YOUNGSTER: Family positive despite cancer diagnosis

    THE FAMILY of Birregurra’s Sienna Leeson is staying strong and positive while the 7-year-old fights kidney cancer.

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  • HARLEY THRILLS: Ocean road cruise off the list

    AN APOLLO BAY woman has knocked another item off her bucket list thanks to the “kindness” of a Harley-riding “stranger”.

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  • INSPIRING TALE: Teenager recovering after beating disease

    PROMISING Apollo Bay footballer Tristan Smith considers himself lucky despite developing a disease which threatened to prematurely end his sporting career.

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  • MIRACLE WORKERS: Heart drug helped save Cobden man’s life

    A COBDEN man has thanked paramedics who treated him with a life-saving drug while he was having a heart attack.

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