health
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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Werribee blood bank low on deposits
A later peak in the flu season has spurred a shortfall in donor appointments at Werribee blood bank, so residents are being urged to roll…
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Healthy Hoppers kids in team colours
Youngsters at Wilmington Kindergarten at Hoppers Crossing donned their favourite AFL, basketball, soccer and rugby teams’ colours last week as part of a health and…
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Wyndham tops state for gestational diabetes
Wyndham mothers have one of the highest rates of gestational diabetes in the state, recent research by Diabetes Victoria reveals. The rate of gestational diabetes…
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High heart disease rate in Wyndham
Wyndham residents are at a higher risk of heart disease than the state average. Heart Foundation data, compiled over a period of six years, suggests…
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Three-year wait for NDIS in Wyndham
The National Disability Insurance Scheme will be rolled out in the Wyndham region on October 1, 2018 – a victory for people with disability and…
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Mercy supports ending ambulance bypass system
Werribee Mercy Hospital’s emergency department should run more smoothly with the scrapping of Victoria’s controversial ambulance bypass system, its chief executive has told Star Weekly.…
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