Tag: health
Young mum Taegan needs your help
By Dewi Sherry
At 31 years of age, mother of three Taegan Bellingham is in the fight of her life.
In June, just two days before...
Dangerous flu season drags on
The flu season is continuing to place strain on Wyndham’s health services, with close to 400 people diagnosed with influenza so far this year.
Victorian...
Mercy carers honoured
The pastoral care teams at Werribee Mercy Hospital and the Mercy Hospital for Women have been recognised with a national award.
The teams were recently...
Council winds up teen jabs
Wyndham council has vaccinated more than 7000 teenagers against the deadly meningococcal W disease, under a program funded by the state government.
Wyndham’s family friendly...
Central focus for survivors
A centre offering services and counselling for survivors of sexual assault is being built in Werribee.
The Minister for Families and Children Jenny Mikakos last...
Hospital safety push
Werribee Mercy Hospital will share in a $40 million state government funding package designed to improve the safety of staff and patients.
The government has...
Hospital lab a life saver
The new St Vincent’s Private Hospital Werribee will include the first cardiac and vascular catheter laboratory in Wyndham.
The $95 million hospital, under construction in...
Less Wendy, more life
After shedding 45 kilograms, Point Cook resident Wendy Watson feels fantastic.
At her heaviest, Wendy weighed 136 kilograms and often felt tired and sluggish.
“I couldn’t...
Into life for the long run
Point Cook woman Camille Condon says a double lung transplant helped to give her a new life.
Ms Condon developed bronchiectasis due to a primary...
A sad day for senior citizen
A Wyndham woman has called for improved treatment for senior citizens who have a mental illness, after her own experience with the health system.
Norma...
Sports of all sorts
Sports of all sorts will feature in the upcoming Wyndham Healthy and Active Expo.
Eighty different activities – from hip-hop dancing to BMX riding –...
Suite of help for families in crisis
Health help: A not-for-profit organisation has launched a range of services including child counselling, financial counselling and bulk-billing psychologist sessions in Wyndham Vale.
FMC Mediation...
Big expectations for maternity ward
Expectant mums are already booking in to give birth at the new St Vincent’s Private Werribee as the finishing touches are being added to...
Help for women’s health
Women’s health will be the focus of a $33 million specialist medical centre being built in Werribee.
Techne Developments, which opened the Wyndham Clinic Private...
Werribee family walk for Parkinson’s awareness
Living with Parkinson’s disease is no walk in the park – just ask Carmel Wilkinson.
The Werribee woman saw first-hand how hard and debilitating the...
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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...
