Tag: health
Daisy tackles MS challenge
When Daisy Lima began feeling weakness in her legs, she thought she had just pulled a muscle. Then the numbness kicked in, spreading from...
Research to improve diabetes care for gay men
A Victoria University researcher is conducting Australia’s first study of gay men with type 2 diabetes.
Edwin Pascoe, who is also a diabetes educator at...
Tough steps on the gruelling road to recovery
When Nathan Urquhart’s left leg was crushed at work by a tree stump grinder, he faced a tough decision – have his leg taken...
Werribee big on babies
Werribee Mercy Hospital is on track to deliver a record number of babies this financial year.
The hospital is expected to deliver about 3850 babies...
Hoppers kids on message with health DVD
Meet the stars of a new DVD aimed at helping young people learn to access health services.
Seven year nine students from Hoppers Crossing Secondary...
Cuts hurt Anglicare Youth Futures
A youth counselling service in Wyndham will shut down unless it can find a new financial backer before the end of the year.
Anglicare’s Youth...
Moorabool nurses set sights high
Three Moorabool maternal and child health nurses have recently qualified as internationally recognised lactation consultants.
With funding from the Macedon Ranges and North Western Melbourne...
New youth mental health/dug unit for Wyndham
Werribee is now home to a new youth and adolescent mental health unit and day surgery.
The new facilities, opened at Wyndham Clinic Private Hospital...
Mercy Hospital to fast-track minor-emergency patients
Werribee Mercy Hospital will fast-track patients with minor issues through its emergency department in a bid to cut all waiting times.
Mercy Health chief executive...
Emergency wait times lengthen at Mercy
Patients presenting at Werribee Mercy Hospital’s emergency department are facing increasingly longer waiting times as population growth strains hospital services.
The recently released Victorian Health...
Werribee Mercy welcomes new specialists
Patients can expect shorter waiting times at Werribee Mercy Hospital after the appointment of five new surgical specialists to its ranks.
Two urologists, a general...
Strong links drive $10m hospital fundraiser
As business people, Pam Lamaro and Oriano Salvalaggio are used to taking on big projects.
But their latest challenge – to raise $10 million for...
Sisters doing it for their dad
Sisters Bree and Samantha Wolany have set themselves a challenge – to raise $25,000 to help find a cure for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP).
When...
Mercy ‘bids’ for cash to stop violence against staff
Werribee Mercy Hospital will compete for a share of a $20 million state government grant to tackle violence against hospital staff.
The state government has...
New mental health services open in Werribee
Wyndham Clinic Private Hospital has unveiled an adolescent mental health unit as part of its multimillion-dollar expansion.
The 12-bed young people’s mental health service opened...
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Young writers workshop
Award-winning author Alice Pung is returning to the west where she grew up to lead an autobiographical writing workshop.
Young writers and creatives from the...
