Tag: medical
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...
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...
Mercy hospital takes it up a level
The construction of Werribee Mercy Hospital’s $93 million expansion has hit its highest point.
Building work, which started at the hospital in February, has included...
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...
Wyndham lags on testing rates
Wyndham residents have lodged the third-lowest rate of participation in the state for bowel cancer screening.
The National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) sends eligible...
Clean bill of health for Wyndham
The health of Wyndham’s residents is in good hands, with the latest hospital and ambulance data showing several improvements in key areas.
Wyndham’s median ambulance...
The best care in ruff times
When animals fall ill or need medical attention, Lort Smith Animal Hospital is often the first port of call for help.
Vets and nurses at...
My Wyndham: Kate Goodwin
Kate Goodwin, who lives in Point Cook, is the chief executive officer and director of nursing of the future St Vincent’s Private Hospital Werribee,...
Ambulance response improves
Ambulance response times in Wyndham have improved by more than 6 per cent, new figures show.
Last week Ambulance Victoria released a report about its...
A very critical addition
If anyone understands the medical importance of a critical care unit, it’s this man.
Dr Eoin Casey, head of anaesthetics at Werribee Mercy Hospital, oversees...
Regulator checks cosmetic ‘care’
A woman who worked at a Werribee cosmetic clinic is under investigation by Australia’s doctor regulator.
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) last week...
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A Shaw thing
Wyndham councillor Mia Shaw will once again don the mayoral robes after holding off a challenge from Cr Peter Maynard.
Seven of the eleven...
