General News
Medals recognise outstanding service
Australia Day Public Service Medal winner Shirley (Lee) Douglas
represents everything that constitutes a complete health worker,
says Royal Melbourne Hospital Department of Nephrology Director
Professor Gavin Becker.
Recognition for Gippsland drought
assistance teams
A partnership between Government departments, volunteers and community
workers saw 195 farm visits to families affected by the drought
in Central and East Gippsland.
Bushfire work earns award
Gelantipy Bush Nursing Centre Nurse Manager Beth Allen was named
East Gippsland Citizen of the Year on Australia Day for her work
during the 2003 East Gippsland bushfires.
Short courses for health professionals
The Monash Institute of Health Services Research is offering a
diverse and informative range of Short Course for Health Professionals
subjects during May.
TOP
OF PAGE
Public Health
BreastScreen service opens in Moonee
Ponds
North Western BreastScreen has expanded its free breast screening
services for women over 40 with the official opening of its newest
site in Moonee Ponds.
New guide to child safety
Athlete Lauren Hewitt has launched the new Royal Children’s
Hospital Child Safety Handbook to prevent accidental injuries to
children aged six to 12.
Average age of mothers in Victoria on
the rise
More than one fifth of Victorian women giving birth are now older
than 35—double the figure of 10 years ago.
Seminar promotes diet against disease
Menzies School of Health Research Director Professor Kerin O’Dea
is an advocate of a Mediterranean diet as a means of heart disease
prevention.
Diabetes camp brings youngsters together
More than 150 young people took part in summer camp programs for
children and adolescents with type one diabetes.
TOP
OF PAGE
Juvenile Justice
Juvenile justice centres mark Vietnamese
New Year
Vietnamese New Year celebrations—Têt Nguyên Dán—were
held at Malmsbury and Melbourne Juvenile Justice Centres (JJC) to
welcome the year of the monkey.
Disability Services
Debs with a difference
Wheelchair dancers and their partners have been formally presented
to Mayor of Whitehorse Jessie McCallum and local MP Tony Robinson.
Lights, camera action for Kew residents
An innovative film project is giving residents of Kew Residential
Services (formerly Kew Cottages) the chance to tell their own stories
and reflect on what the present redevelopment will mean to them.
Exhibition showcases the best of 2003
Work by artists from Marriott House Adult Training and Support
Services in McKinnon have been on display at St Kilda Town Hall.
Conference to highlight successful
practices
The 2004 Council for Intellectual Disability Agencies (CIDA) conference
will be held at Melbourne Park Function Centre on May 20 and 21.
Landmark draws attention to Yooralla
Week
A banner across the clocks at Flinders Street Station drew public
attention to Why Yooralla Week? last month.
Child Protection
$20 million helps children tackle
abuse trauma
A landmark new $20 million therapy service is helping children
and young people cope with the trauma of severe child abuse and
neglect.
TOP
OF PAGE
|
Community Care
Conference on early childhood to focus
on new ideas
More than 500 delegates, including overseas visitors, will attend
the 3rd annual Critical Early Childhood Years national conference
hosted by the Queen Elizabeth Centre on October 1 and 2.
$2 million for children’s
centres
Premier Steve Bracks has announced $2 million to establish new
Children’s Centres in Melbourne’s growth suburbs and country
Victoria this year.
Aged Care
Bumper program for Seniors Week
More than 1,000 activities will be staged across Victoria to ensure
the 2004 Seniors Festival is the best ever.
Telephone classes to link writers
Hawthorn Community Education Centre is inviting participants for
its 2004 Telelink Writing Classes.
Welcome website makes for many happy
returns
A new on-line management system supported by Victoria police will
help return frail older people to the safety of loved ones and carers.
Series storyline stars seniors
A television series focusing on seniors living in a fictional retirement
village in a leafy Melbourne suburb is being developed by veteran
screenwriter Hugh Stuckey, 75.
TOP
OF PAGE
Housing
Domestic violence service expands
An expanded domestic violence alliance in Moorabbin will provide
accommodation and support to women and children escaping domestic
violence and young women who are homeless or at risk of homelessness
across Melbourne’s southern suburbs.
Festival homes in on heart
An innovative Fitzroy festival for homeless people or those living
in insecure housing featured music and performances, poetry readings,
lifestyle and well-being activities, an arts and crafts exhibition
and a free barbecue lunch.
Mental Health
Awards recognise employers who show
compassion
Twelve Victorian employers have been recognised for compassion
to their employees after the death of a loved one.
Metropolitan Health
Alfred leads Australia in aneurysm
treatment
Alfred Hospital doctors are among the first in Australia to use
a new type of ‘glue’ to repair aneurysms.
Study links snoring to heart failure
A landmark trial undertaken at the Alfred Hospital has proven conclusively
the link between snoring and heart failure.
$3.3 million projects links health
research data
Vital health research data compiled by Melbourne’s top public
hospitals and research institutes will be linked for the first time
under a $3.3 million project.
Relaxation CD aims at heart patients
The healing qualities of relaxation training and music are being
used to improve the health of cardiac patients.
Resource centre gives nurses skills
boost
Nurses throughout Victoria will have more opportunities to boost
their skills following the opening of a new Nursing Resource Centre
at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Telstra answers Peter Mac call
A $1 million partnership between the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute
and Telstra will result in a pioneering program to improve co-ordination
and delivery of services for adolescents and young adults with cancer.
First step on path to global ophthalmic
network
The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital (RVEEH) has moved towards
linking major ophthalmic institutions globally by signing a memorandum
of understanding with the Singapore National Eye Centre Pte Ltd
(SNEC).
TOP
OF PAGE
Rural and Regional Health
Rural eye surgery initiative shows vision
Ballarat Health Services has joined forces with Southern Health’s
Regional Eye Service at Cranbourne Integrated Care Centre (CICC)
to reduce both the length of time people currently wait to have
cataract surgery and the number waiting on the elective surgery
ophthalmology list at Ballarat Health Services.
You’ve got a friend
The number of mothers exclusively breastfeeding their baby after
they have completed their stay at Latrobe Regional Hospital has
increased dramatically in the last two years.
Nursery is for special babies
More than 270 babies were cared for in Latrobe Regional Hospital
Special Care Nursery during 2003.
Study shows doctors who train in the
country are more likely to come back
A study published in the Medical Journal of Australia has found
doctors who completed their internships at Ballarat Health Services’
Base Hospital were more likely to return to the country than their
metropolitan-trained colleagues.
TOP
OF PAGE
|
New
guide to child safety
