Tag: health
Health pledge – Labor commits $2.1m to dialysis
THE State Government has announced a major election sweetener by pledging a $2.1m redevelopment of Mount Gambier Hospital's cramped renal dialysis unit should they...
Health leader on deck
SENIOR nurse Ngaire Buchanan has been appointed the region's highest ranking health bureaucrat and will oversee five public hospitals across the South East for...
Research to help veterans
IN AN Australian first, post-traumatic stress research and clinical care will be located together at the new $15m Jamie Larcombe Centre[...]
Regional health director appointed
A SENIOR nurse with over 20 years experience will take over as the region's highest ranking health bureaucrat for the next eight months.
Ngaire Buchanan...
Hospital staff win
THE state's country health department has made a surprising backflip and will boost nursing levels at Mount Gambier Hospital following a protracted and "difficult"...
Medical expansion plan
AN INFLUX of medical specialists will soon become a reality for Mount Gambier with plans to expand the city's number of medical consulting suites...
South East snakes slithering
WITH the weather heating up, snakes are coming out of hibernation and the South Australian Ambulance Service has urged people to remain vigilant to avoid being bitten this summer. [...]
City ED nurses further expertise
ADDING an extra 40-plus hours of study to their already busy week, Mount Gambier Hospital's emergency department nurses have recently completed tertiary qualifications to...
Artificial intelligence to keep people out of hospital
A TEAM of Country Health SA clinicians have won a Federal Government grant to develop an artificial intelligence digital health platform that ultimately aims to keep people out of hospital[...]
Walk to reduce diabetes risk
MOUNT Gambier residents are encouraged to increase their daily exercise today for Diabetes Australia's 19th annual Walk to Work Day.[...]
Fishing industry health survey shows confronting results
A NATIONWIDE survey of health and wellbeing in Australia's fishing industry has found fishers are enduring levels of psychological distress almost double that of the general population.[...]
Urgent upgrade required for renal dialysis unit
THE community is ramping up its campaign to push for the urgent upgrade of the renal dialysis unit at Mount Gambier Hospital amid it...
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Galloping to the top
In a picture perfect finish Millicent Pony Club's Stacey Edwards has made history, winning the inaugural small pony National Pony Racing Series.
The series...
