October 2005

Gippsland staff plant flowers…

Gippsland Southern Health Service chemotherapy nursing staff organised a mass planting of daffodils in support of local people affected by cancer.

The front garden of the Leongatha campus was a sea of yellow following the planting of over 1,200 daffodils.

Bought for $2 each, the daffodils acknowledged the name of a person affected by cancer and were planted by staff and relatives in a moving and well-supported dedication ceremony.

The project raised more than $1,500 with proceeds to Centenary House in Traralgon, which provides accommodation to cancer patients, and to the Cancer Care Centre in Traralgon.

others plough through snow showers

The first snow in Leongatha for around 50 years and even heavier falls in Korumburra did not stop Gippsland Southern Health Service staff turning up for work.

Snowed-in driveways and closed roads had some Leongatha staff, rostered to work at the Korumburra campus 15 minutes away, at a loss for transportation.

A quick-ring around, however, led to a plan for staff with four-wheel drive vehicles to meet colleagues at Leongatha campus for the trip to Korumburra.

Four-wheel drives were also put to work delivering meals on wheels and ferrying district nurses to their appointments.