General News
Better
Health Channel the best
The Government's consumer
health website, the Better Health Channel, has been rated the most
popular health and medical information website visited by Australians
in 2005.
Festival
for homeless wins award
A unique festival for
homeless people has won the City of Yarra Community Event of the
Year award.
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Metropolitan Health
Cornea
waits reduced
A new Royal Victorian
Eye and Ear Hospital system enables donor corneas to be stored at
human body temperature levels for up to a month.
Shore
help for sea sickness
Alfred Hospital Emergency
and Trauma Centre nurses Rob Lackey and Paul Liston relocated to
the race village at the Docklands during the Volvo Ocean Race.
Alcohol
shot that is good for the heart
A non-invasive procedure
involving the injection of alcohol into blocked arteries to reduce
the stress on the heart is one of the new treatments approved by
Bayside Health's innovations committee.
New
faces at Royal Melbourne
The Royal Melbourne
Hospital has welcomed 50 interns.
CD
preps patients for hospital
A new project aims
to replace the trepidation felt by a child walking into a hospital
for an operation by providing information and coping strategies.
Work
under way at Northern Hospital
Works are well under
way on the massive $27.5 million redevelopment at the Northern Hospital.
National
project aims to prevent blood clots
Bayside Health has
joined the National Institute of Clinical Studies (NICS) initiative
to reduce the number of patients in Australia developing blood clots—a
major and largely preventable cause of complications and death in
hospitals around the world.
Liver
clinic a Victorian first
Victoria's first specialist
clinic aimed at managing alcohol-related liver disease has opened
at Southern Health's Dandenong Hospital.
Honour
for medical photographer
Royal Victorian Eye
and Ear Hospital Chief Photographer Glenys Grant has been awarded
a Medal of the Order of Australia for her outstanding contribution
to medicine and the community.
Study
sheds light on phantom pain mystery
A new study seeks to
shed light on a mysterious ailment affecting amputees.
West
welcomes new nurses
Western Health has
welcomed 66 Registered Nurse Division One graduates into its Graduate
Nurse Program.
Public Health
Support
kit to help parents in treatment for substance abuse
A new initiative will
assist drug and alcohol workers help parents to better support their
children while they receive treatment for their addictions.
Medal
for diabetes victory
After 50 years of managing
type one diabetes, Alex Pleiter from Langwarrin has been awarded
a Kellion Victory Medal from Diabetes Australia.
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Disability Services
Power
to the people
A City of Nillumbik
project to install power points in local businesses to recharge
batteries for people who use motorised wheelchairs and scooters
has been expanded.
Awards
for programs that welcome families
Three Barwon South
Western kindergartens have received awards recognising programs
that welcome and include children with disabilities and their families.
Seminar
centres on people
The changing face of
disability services was explained to senior managers, staff, parents
and carers at Benalla-based disability services agency Central Access
Limited (CAL).
Music
program for teens on holidays sounds good
Two respite programs
have become popular with teen 'musos' with a disability in the City
of Banyule.
Bridgewater
fishing spot has no peer
People of all abilities
can now hang out the 'gone fishin' sign and head for a spot on the
Loddon River at Bridgewater in central Victoria.
Subsidy
boosts home fire safety for the deaf
The Government will
provide $246,000 to subsidise special home smoke alarms for the
profoundly deaf.
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Office for Children
Kinder
an action attraction for Cranbourne triplets
This trio of impish
'superheroes' were among 59,000 four-year-olds across Victoria to
begin kindergarten at the start of term one.
Decade
up for kinder manager
Early Childhood Management
Services (ECMS) celebrated its 10th anniversary at Werribee Zoo.
Aged Care
Otway
Health serves up a dishy meal
Otway Health is using
insulated crockery trays to keep Delivered Meals hotter, longer.
Health
professionals help promote falls prevention
A community education
package is helping Victoria's south coast health professionals promote
falls prevention.
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Housing
New
affordable housing for Ringwood
Construction of a $1.3
million affordable housing development in Ringwood is nearing completion
and will soon to be ready to receive families.
Housing
in Castlemaine under way
The selection of Loddon
Mallee Housing Services as a Housing Association under the Strategy
for Growth in Housing for Low Income Victorians is bearing fruit
as the first of many new homes are nearing completion.
Employment
program for housing tenants
In its second year
of operation, the Public Tenant Employment Program (PTEP) is creating
job opportunities for public housing tenants in the building industry.
Atherton
Gardens a green scene
An innovative project
at Fitzroy's Atherton Gardens public housing estate is creating
a pleasant place to live while incorporating environmentally-sustainable
and water-efficient design.
Housing
hope for Maidstone singles
Single people struggling
to find a home of their own in Melbourne's west will have access
to 20 new apartments in Maidstone from the middle of next year.
Mental Health
Help
on hand for families and friends
Irishman James, 28,
was having the time of his life on a working holiday in Australia.
Recovery
to be focus of mental health conference
A psychiatric survivor
who has lectured around the world on the topics of self-directed
recovery and empowerment is a keynote speaker at an international
mental health conference to be held in Melbourne between April 26
and 28.
Rural and Regional Health
Ballarat
the focus of future health
Hundreds of health
professionals from around the state are expected to converge on
Ballarat during April for the most significant conference on rural
health this year.
New
hospital has a view to the future
With more aged-care
beds, an expanded 24-hour urgent care unit and priceless bay views
from its prized hilltop location, the highly anticipated $10 million
Lorne Hospital has been officially opened.
Living
long and loving life in Lorne
Premier Steve Bracks
and Health Minister Bronwyn Pike visited Lorne Nursing Home resident
Delia McDonald as part of the Lorne Hospital opening.
New
DVD helps bring baby home
A DVD produced by Bendigo
Health covers many important aspects of taking home a new baby.
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New
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