Health

  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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

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  • 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.

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