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General News
Awards
highlight best and brightest
The state's brightest
medical minds, best performing hospitals and most ingenious health
programs shone in an exceptional display at the 2006 Victorian Public
Healthcare Awards.
Gippsland
Lakes Koorie kids swim to win
Koorie kids in the
Gippsland Lakes region could become the Superfish of future Australian
swim squads thanks to an award-winning swimming program for bubs.
Ambos
wheel in award
Metropolitan Ambulance
Services paramedics have thought outside the square to provide better
care—on bicycles.
Sucked
in to get patients through thin and thinner
Frankston Hospital
called in the ultimate 'expert' to assist patients at risk of blood
loss—Dracula.
Global
agenda for travelling fellows
The 2006–08 Victorian
Travelling Fellows will visit the United States, United Kingdom,
Netherlands, Denmark and Norway to expand their knowledge.
Monash
info session on social work study
Monash University's
Department of Social Work is holding an information session about
studying for a career in social work.
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Public Health
Drug
and alcohol users take to web counselling
Turning Point Alcohol
and Drug Centre's online alcohol and other drugs counselling service
has got off to a great start with strong interest and use during
the first four months.
Weather
smiles on world's greatest pram stroll
Victoria switched on
its best walking weather for Parks Victoria's fifth annual World's
Greatest Pram Stroll.
Postgraduate
courses for public health professionals
Monash University's
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine at the Alfred
Hospital is offering a range of postgraduate courses designed for
health professionals from all backgrounds.
VIDRL
hosts WHO flu research centre
The Victorian Infectious
Diseases Reference Laboratory (VIDRL) will house the World Health
Organisation (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research.
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Disability Services
Makeover
designed for homely atmosphere
An interior design
makeover at a Disability Accommodation Services (DAS) Plenty home
in Springfield Court has brought residents, staff and families closer
together.
Fruitful
endeavours pay dividends
Melbourne University
students are working with Yooralla FirstBase clients to grow and
sell vegetables to the St Albans community.
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Mental Health
Research
centre sends postcards to teens on the edge
More than 300 young
people at risk of suicide or self-harm will be sent a series of
postcards offering strategies to improve their mood—and to
seek help—as part of an ORYGEN Research Centre study.
Rural and Regional Health
Recognition
for Buchan bush nurse
Buchan Bush Nursing
Association's Nurse Manager Anne Brewer has received the Council
of Remote Area Nurses of Australia (CRANA) Victorian 2006 Remote
Area Nurse Award.
Rural
Northwest Health gives the facts on snacks
Rural Northwest Health
in Victoria's Wimmera Mallee region has been doing its bit to ensure
the children of the area adopt healthy eating habits from a young
age.
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Metropolitan Health
Victoria's
first ED nurse practitioner
The Alfred Hospital's
Tash Jennings has been endorsed as Victoria's first Emergency Nurse
Practitioner.
Sleep
expert is top of his class
Acting Head of Western
Hospital's Department of Respiratory and Sleep Disorders Medicine
David Cunnington is fast making a name for himself in his specialised
field after topping the class at a prestigious exam held in the
U.S.
Machine
offers new bone hope
Austin Health is the
first health service in Australia to obtain a state-of-the-art bone
density machine that provides three-dimensional images of bone.
Teachers
talk about kids with cancer
The Royal Children's
Hospital Education Institute and the Children's Cancer Centre have
hosted a seminar for teachers and allied education and health professionals.
Austin
inventors win ABC program award
Four Austin Health
staff members have developed a laser ultrasound probe to help guide
a needle during a biopsy.
Southern
Health receives people management award
Southern Health has
won an Australian Human Resources Institute Victoria Award for Excellence
in People Management for the second year in a row.
Alfred
lung transplant program has kids breathing easy
Critically-ill children
who were stuck in hospital in the final stages of severe lung disease
are now running, laughing and preparing to go back to school.
Neuroscience
grant for pharmacogenetics research
Royal Melbourne Hospital
neurology trainee Cassandra Szoeke has been awarded $55,000 by the
Neurosciences Board of Australia towards her research into pharmacogenetics.
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Office for Children
'One
stop shop' for family services in Bannockburn
Bannockburn and surrounding
communities have celebrated the official opening of the $1.77 million
Bannockburn Family Services Centre.
Maternal
and child health visitors receive Children's Week book
Children aged between
two and three-and-a-half who attended a City of Greater Bendigo
Maternal and Child Health Service age and stage consultation during
October received a free story book as part of the Children's Week
celebrations.
Community Health
New
home for Bentleigh Bayside Community Health
Bentleigh Bayside Community
Health Service has taken up residence on the Sandringham and District
Memorial Hospital site.
Service
marks 30th birthday
Nillumbik Community
Health Service has held a double celebration marking 30 years of
promoting local health and the opening of services in Hurstbridge.
Aged Care
Eye
care for older people goes mobile
A $250,000 outreach
service will take eye care services to aged residents in supported
accommodation.
Senior
of the Year is Monash Medical Centre volunteer
Southern Health volunteer
Norm Gibbs, 79, has received the 2006 Victorian Senior of the Year
Award.
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