Articles tagged: Health
Colac Hospital plans for stroke clinic
COLAC HOSPITAL hopes to expand its specialist health services from March.
Cancer centre appeal gathers momentum
COLAC people have thrown support behind a new cancer centre fundraiser, with families and businesses helping to raise more than $80,000 in four months.
Loving daughter crusades for dementia awareness
FORREST’S Helen Speirs says she wants people to have a better understanding of dementia, a disease which her mother Shirley has battled for the past six years.
Six-month funding reprieve for Colac youth worker
COLAC’S youth worker role will continue for the next six months despite a lack of State Government funding, Colac Area Health’s chief says.
Family stays positive amid failing eyesight
COLAC’S Tammie Tevelein loves Christmas, but unlike the people who visit her street, she is unable to see her family’s festive display.
Colac hospital posts $320,000 budget deficit
A DECREASE in aged care resident numbers has created a “small” $320,000 deficit in Colac Area Health’s bottom line, a CAH leader says.
Supportive friends rally for sick father
FAMILY, friends and his son’s fight with leukaemia are inspiring Pirron Yallock’s Chris Reilly in his own battle with stage-four bowel cancer.
Cricket club leaders say are helmets optional
COLAC DISTRICT’S top-grade cricket captains say wearing a helmet should be up to the individual, despite cricketers’ head injuries making headlines this week.
Redback suffers head injury in cricket incident
IRREWARRA cricketer Jake Last was due to return home from a Melbourne hospital yesterday after suffering a brain injury in the Redbacks’ Division Two match.
Footballer a chance to assist
COLAC district footballer Dan Casey has not ruled out taking on an assistant coaching role in 2015 despite suffering a serious foot injury in a workplace incident.
Colac health service loses youth worker funding
COLAC’S youth health hub is set to lose its youth worker only months after opening.
AFL star supporting cancer clinic appeal
COLAC’S sporting community is rallying to help the district’s cancer patients, in memory of friend and sporting identity Rick Burnett.
Worker upbeat despite toe amputation
COLAC’S Dan Casey is adjusting to life without two toes on his right foot after machinery at work crushed the foot.
Charity helps family after birth of triplets
HAVING four children under the age of 1 has given Kerrie and James Drayton an appreciation of the help and support charities can provide.
Mum’s project helps families after loss of babies
THE DEATH of her daughter 10 years ago has inspired Colac’s Lynette Robertson to help other families whose babies died at birth or during pregnancy.
Runner plans to break record in charity bid
COLAC veteran marathon runner John Timms plans to smash an ultra-marathon record next week to raise awareness for Colac’s new cancer centre.
Growing demand for food donations
A COLAC pastor says demand for welfare has increased since the start of a food program at her church.
Coach’s dad inspires premiership success
SIMPSON football coach Adam Courtney has dedicated his premiership-winning season to his father John, who has motor neurone disease.
New drug counselling service starts in Colac
COLAC district people seeking treatment for alcohol and drug addiction will have more counselling options from today.
Colanda workers worried for future
ALMOST 200 Colac disability workers are worried they will lose their jobs and working conditions if residents of the city’s Colanda centre move into homes in other cities.
Pink pig’s visit helps children’s charity
COLAC residents welcomed talking pigs and a giant pink piggy bank to town for a Very Special Kids fundraising event.
$5.7M new homes for 20 Colanda residents
TWENTY residents at Colac’s Colanda Centre will move into new houses, thanks to a $5.7-million investment in residential care for people with disabilities.
Labor candidate for Polwarth wants more ambulances
LABOR Party candidate for Polwarth Libby Coker will push for more ambulances for Colac in the lead up to November’s state election.
Campaign enlists businesses to oppose family violence
A SOUTH-WEST Victorian women’s health organisation hopes to sign up a Colac business to a new initiative preventing family violence.
