Health
Health program are reaping rewards
COLAC and district health programs are paying off, with the district recording lower levels of hospitalisation from preventable disease than the rest of the state.
Father and daughter lifesaving team
COLAC father and daughter team Tim and Ella Nowell are lifesavers, thanks to Ella’s congenital heart defect.
Inquiry into district drug use and crime
A STATE Government inquiry will examine ways to curb drug use and crime in Colac and district.
Hospice opening its doors for inspection
THE general public can view construction at Colac’s new Anam Cara House to see the results of their fundraising efforts.
Volunteer gives four decades to hospital
A DESIRE to give back to Colac’s hospital has driven auxiliary member Anne Arnott’s fundraising efforts for nearly 40 years.
$1.3-million health centre for young
Colac’s young people will have a new $1.3-million health centre to care for their mental and physical well-being.
Surgeons repair cyclist’s broken skull
Barongarook’s Bev Vesey says she had a nervous wait in a Melbourne hospital as surgeons worked on her son’s broken skull.
Walking for International Midwives Day
Otway midwives will mark International Midwives Day and raise awareness of issues affecting maternal and newborn health with a community walk on Sunday.
