General News
Department gives gifts galore
Electronic games, clothes,
educational toys, books, music CDs and DVDs, dolls, teddy bears and soft toys
were among the 340 gifts contributed by Department of Human Services staff for
an Aborigines’ Advancement League Children’s Christmas Tree.
Report rates Victoria’s public
hospitals
Victorian hospitals are
providing better care, more quickly than health services in other states, a new
national report has found.
Snakebite warning
Victoria’s snakes are moving to
urban areas to look for moisture during the current drought conditions,
increasing the need for Victorians to be prepared for a snake-bite emergency.
Victorian plea on organ donation
Health Minister Bronwyn Pike has
called for more Victorians to register for organ donation with latest figures
showing Victoria lagging behind the other states.
Community support ensures debs
have a ball
Nine young women with their
partners were presented at an inaugural Debutante Ball for All at Seymour
Technical High School.
Fellowship takes health policy
officer to America
Department of Human Services
Senior Health Funding Policy Officer Peter McNair is the recipient of the only
Harkness Fellowship to be awarded in Australia for 2007–08.
Beat heat-related illnesses for
the rest of summer
Victorians should guard against
heat stress as summer temperatures combine with hotter than average nights.
Nurses scout out Jamboree
Registered nurses from all over
Australia joined a team of volunteer doctors, donning surgical greens and
working in MASH-style khaki tents to provide field medical services at the 21st
Australian Jamboree at Elmore.
New rural ambo chief
The Rural Ambulance Victoria
(RAV) board has appointed Jon Holloway as Chief Executive Officer.
Spine injury warning as drought
continues
Health Minister Bronwyn Pike has
warned Victorians of the increased risk of spinal injury from diving into
rivers and waterways that may be dangerously low because of the drought.
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Metropolitan Health
Nursing initiatives come to
royal notice
Southern Health Chair and head
of Deakin University’s School of Nursing Professor Pauline Nugent had royal
company during the International Nursing Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Southern Health visit to
northern neighbours
A team of Southern Health senior
staff has returned from Southern Health’s ‘twin’ hospital, the Vanimo General
Hospital in Papua New Guinea.
Double ‘bionic ear’ transplant a
first
Hoppers Crossing toddler Hayley
Walsh is the first Victorian to receive two ‘bionic ears’ simultaneously in a
groundbreaking operation performed by the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital.
Research grants for Alfred
projects
Several Alfred Hospital
researchers have been awarded significant funding through the National Health
and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
Joint effort reduces hospital
admissions
Twenty local organisations are
taking part in a coordinated range of health services that reduce the need for
eastern metropolitan people to be admitted to hospital.
The Alfred leads the way in
emergency room radiology
The Alfred Hospital’s Emergency
and Trauma Centre will be the first in the southern hemisphere to benefit from
a state-of-the-art radiology suite following a $2.1 million investment by the
Government.
Speakers raise cultural
awareness
The Alfred Hospital held several
World AIDS Day events to raise awareness of the condition and its impact on
society.
Honours for Southern Health
gynaecologist
Head of Southern Health’s
Menopause Unit Dr Elizabeth Farrell has been named President Elect of the Asia
Pacific Menopause Federation for 2007–2010.
Birthmark patients face future
with new confidence
An interventional radiology
procedure to treat a condition called venous malformation is providing welcome
results for Alfred Hospital patients.
New head for women’s health
specialists
Southern Health’s Director of
Maternal Foetal Medicine Dr Christine Tippett has been elected President of the
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
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Office for Children
State’s four-year-olds dig
kindergarten
More than 59,000 children will
be attending funded kindergartens programs across Victoria this year.
Aged Care
Call for Peninsula ‘baby
boomers’ to help plan services
A study of Mornington Peninsula
‘baby boomers’ will help plan future dementia services.
Study follows hip patients
Caulfield General Medical
Centre’s head of orthopaedic rehabilitation will undertake a wellness
intervention study in older people following hip surgery.
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Housing
Prizes for Victoria’s public
gardening gurus
Keen gardeners in public housing
across Victoria were recognised in 2006 Victoria in Bloom gardening
competition.
Mental Health
Teen education program tackles
blues
A Lifeline South West peer
education program has led to about 120 Warrnambool students learning to
identify at least three signs of depression and services they could access.
$12 million for Geelong mental
health centre
Geelong will have a new 10-place
‘mid-way house’ to treat people with a mental illness.
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Rural and Regional Health
Faster, better scans for
Goulburn Valley patients
The Medical Imaging Department
of Goulburn Valley Health has recently invested in the latest computed
tomography technology with the purchase of a super fast Aquillion 64 Slice CT
machine.
Bairnsdale redevelopment
advances
Minister for Health Bronwyn Pike
has inspected progress of Bairnsdale Hospital’s emergency department
redevelopment—a facility designed to provide better health services
across East Gippsland.
Barassi puts Port Fairy on the
map
More than 200 people attended a
unique Port Fairy Walking Map launch initiated by Moyne Health Services to
encourage health promotion to both locals and tourists.
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Public Health
Cancer consortium wins $5
million research grant
A Parkville precinct consortium
of Melbourne cancer research institutes has been awarded $5 million by the
Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF)—one of the country’s largest
single cancer research grants.
Health professionals help kids
go for their lives
Kids—‘Go for your life’ has launched a statewide network to support health professionals delivering the
program in their local communities.
Disability Services
New home for Sale residents
The first house to be built in
Gippsland under a $39.5 million Government scheme to refurbish or replace
community houses across Victoria has been opened in Sale.
Governor opens new accommodation
Governor David de Kretser has
opened a new, purpose-built home in Burwood that will provide accommodation for
five adults with acquired physical disabilities and high support needs.
Disability guardianship
conference
A national conference will
explore issues facing guardians and advocates, administrators and guardianship
tribunals that help ensure a secure future for people with a disability.
Concert draws crowd
Disability services in the
Eastern Metropolitan Region celebrated the International Day of People with a
Disability with a concert and barbecue.
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