Tag: health
Safety must be a priority for rural GPs
THE Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) is calling for a renewed commitment by all governments to keep rural and remote hospitals...
New specialist mental health service is here
THE state government is giving Victorians seeking treatment for mental health concerns and substance addiction better access to support, with a new state-wide specialist...
Giving the next generation a safer start
Narelle Beer
LANDING your first job as a teenager is a big deal. For me, it was at a popular fast food outlet. (Chicken, anyone?)
I...
Trekking for mental health
Tom Parry
A FATHER and son are preparing to walk the Kokoda Track to raise awareness for mental health.
Roger and Jakob ‘Jake’ Malouf will be...
Dealing with back-to-school asthma spike
The National Asthma Council is encouraging parents and carers of children with asthma to book in an asthma check up to avoid the annual...
CGH going paperless
Central Gippsland Health (CGH) has implemented the electronic medical record (EMR) system to improve patient care at Sale, Heyfield and Maffra hospitals. The EMR...
We catch-up with Danny O’Brien
Following the state election on Saturday, November 26, Gippsland Times journalist Stefan Bradley had a sit-down chat with the re-elected Member for Gippsland South,...
New child-focused farm safety podcast series launched
DRIVING social change to improve the safety of Victorian farming families is a new podcast series launched by the Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) Making...
Blue-green algae in farm water supplies
RECENT flooding combined with warmer weather has produced favourable conditions for blue-green algae to thrive in farm water supplies and standing flood water.
Senior Veterinary...
Victorian Women’s Health Services call for action on women’s health
Data on 2022 women's health shows that rates of breast, gynaecological, bowel and lung cancers are higher in Gippsland than the state average.
Adolescent births...
Nationals commit to boosting Heyfield Hospital
The Victorian Liberals and Nationals have committed to a recurrent funding boost to fund the future of Heyfield Hospital and important infrastructure upgrades at...
Latrobe hospital expansion on-track for 2024
Michelle Slater
LATROBE Regional Hospital structural works have been finished as part of stage three of a $223 million expansion that is on track to...
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Noonan and Schaupp perform at The Wedge tonight
Stefan Bradley
Tomorrow at The Wedge, Katie Noonan and Karin Schaupp, both ARIA award-winning musicians, will be celebrating some of Australia's greatest female artists through...
