General News
Disaster team returns from Banda Aceh
Premier Steve Bracks welcomed home the team of Victorian health
and medical experts after a two-week rescue mission in Indonesia’s
tsunami-hit Banda Aceh province.
Innovation key to tsunami recovery
Finding innovative solutions were among the skills needed by the
members of the combined Victorian and Northern Territory health
and medical team that recently returned from tsunami affected Banda
Aceh.
Psychiatrists join tsunami taskforce
NorthWestern Mental Health (NWMH) psychiatrists Professor Bruce
Singh and Dr Russell D’Souza have visited some of the most
devastated areas in Sri Lanka and India as part of relief efforts
by the Australian Tsunami Taskforce.
Executive appointed at Shepparton
Department of Human Services Secretary Patricia Faulkner has announced
the appointment of a new executive for Hume Region, to be located
in its Shepparton office.
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Metropolitan Health
Dubai eyes Monash centre
Monash Medical Centre Moorabbin’s Simulation Centre crossed
live to the recent Arab Health Trade Fair in Dubai, showcasing its
uses to delegates.
U.S. adopts Australian initiative
Hospitals in the United States are adopting a life-saving program
pioneered in Australia after successful results at Melbourne’s
Austin Hospital.
Look and listen tour by Vietnamese
nurses
The Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital has hosted two nursing health
professionals from Vietnam’s National Institute of Ophthalmology
in Hanoi.
Diabetes care improved
Austin Health has expanded its diabetes-care program to ensure
‘best-practice’ in managing treatment continues in, then
out, of hospital.
New book boon for students with chronic
illness
The Royal Children’s Hospital Education Institute has launched
a book to assist secondary students with ongoing health conditions.
Foetal surgery a Victorian first
In a Victorian first, a team of specialists from Southern Health
successfully operated on a baby in utero to overcome a potentially
devastating condition.
Career back on track
Melissa Holland is a familiar face around Caulfield General Medical
Centre.
Public Health
New centre to help drug users—from
the ground up
The building of the new Depaul House drug and alcohol treatment
centre in Fitzroy will complete a five-year program by the Government
to expand withdrawal services.
New look for drug information website
The Australian Drug Information Network (ADIN) website has been
updated to provide easy access to quality-assured alcohol and other
drug-related information.
Northern Victorian communities
plan for an active future
About 90 people have attended Planning for a Physically-Active
Community workshops in northern Victoria.
Cancer still lead cause of death
Almost 22,500 Victorians—about 60 people every day—were
diagnosed with cancer in 2003, according to Cancer Council figures
announced to coincide with World Cancer Day.
Week promotes hep C awareness
The inaugural National Hepatitis Awareness Week will be held between
May 23 and 27.
Disability Services
Grants provide accommodation assistance
More Victorians with a disability will be able to live independently
in the community through a $538,000 Government grants program.
Rural service joins research partnership
Noweyung—an East Gippsland not-for-profit organisation providing
services for disadvantaged people and those with a disability—has
forged a research partnership with the Monash Centre for Developmental
Disability Health Victoria (CDDHV).
Governor opens respite service
Carers and families in the Pakenham area will benefit from the
new Cardinia Respite Service.
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Community Care
Kinder year begins for four-year-olds
More than 58,000 children will be attending kindergartens across
Victoria this year.
Program helps young people in State
care
A new $296,500 mentoring program will help troubled teens in State
care get their lives back on track.
How mentoring changed my life
It was the 1993 Grand Final.
The MCG was the only place to be with 96,000 fanatical Essendon
and Carlton fans screaming their lungs out.
Australia Day honours for Aboriginal
community identities
Two popular identities from the Aboriginal community have received
Australia Day honours.
Bursary for children’s services
student
Aneke Skinner, 23, of Mill Park has become the inaugural recipient
of an Early Childhood Management Services bursary for a part time
Diploma of Children’s Services student at Northern Melbourne
Institute of TAFE.
Aged Care
Extra HACC hours for thousands of Victorians
Thousands of older and disabled people in Victoria will get hundreds
of thousands of hours of additional home and community care services
this year.
120th anniversary for district nurses
The Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS) has celebrated 120 years
with a commemorative birthday tram which will travel through Melbourne’s
CBD for six months.
New info centre for senior Victorians
The new Seniors Information Victoria centre at Ross House in Flinders
Lane in Melbourne provides a large range of information on issues
of importance to older Victorians and their friends and families.
Fund boost for nurse medication training
A $700,000 funding boost will help train more division two nurses
to manage and administer medication.
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Housing
Windsor units clean and green
A $31.2 million apartment complex now under construction in Windsor
will show the way for cutting-edge, environmentally-sustainable
design.
St Albans seniors say ‘Viva España’
Alma Cenandez is on top of the world–her dream of living in
a new home has come true.
Mental Health
Dutch mental health workers visit
Three mental health workers from the Leiden Mental Health Service
in Holland have visited several NorthWestern Mental Health (NWMH)
sites to gain an insight into Australia’s mental health services.
Conference to address cultural
diversity
A CALD Carers day will open the 6th Conference for Carers of People
with a Mental Illness.
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Governor
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