Tag: hospital

Senior doctor expands role

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Anew board member has been appointed to the Limestone Coast Local Health Network.
Dr Carrie-Anne McKenzie will serve until June 30 of next year.
Born in...

Blue Tree project branches out

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Afallen tree in the grounds of Millicent Hospital was eagerly painted blue on Sunday morning as a mental health gesture.
The aim of the Blue...

Operating theatres get upgrade

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Design works costing $40,000 are under way at Millicent and District Hospital with a view to its operating theatres being upgraded to meet higher...

Surgical service questions raised

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The future of surgical services at Millicent and other hospitals in this region appears to hang on a high-level report which might not release...

Hospital havoc

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The Mount Gambier hospital received significant water damage after a fire sprinkler system malfunctioned on site.
Two MFS appliances were called to the hospital at...

Hospital flooding

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The Mount Gambier hospital has received significant water damage after a fire sprinkler system malfunctioned on site. Two MFS appliances were called to the hospital...

Nurse positivity shines

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Senior Millicent nurse Caroline Dower has secured one of the prestigious awards given out each year by the Limestone Coast Local Health Network.
The Millicent...

Australiana artwork unveiled

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Abeautiful Australiana mural was officially unveiled on the wall between the Penola War Memorial Hospital and the Pinchunga Aged Care Facility last week.
More than...

Health workers under pressure

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Non-essential activities should be urgently reduced for hundreds of frontline health care workers in the South East region such as doctors and nurses in...

GP numbers ‘plunge’

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The number of doctors at Millicent has plunged to a 50-year low.
The Medical Clinic Millicent is down to just four full-time and one part-time...

Hospital opens doors

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An open day at Millicent and District Hospital has been scheduled for March 10.
This is the Sunday of the Adelaide Cup Holiday long weekend.
The...

Swift response praised following mill worker injury

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An ambulance was called from Millicent to the KCA Millicent Mill last week in response to a report of a traumatic injury.
A long-standing company...

From sprains to sniffles – new walk-in medical clinic kept busy

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Mount Gambier’s new Medicare Urgent Care Clinic opened on Monday with a flurry of patients.
The new clinic, operating under the Mount Gambier Family Health...

After hours clinic to ease pressure

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The Mount Gambier Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC) opened yesterday on Crouch Street South. The clinic, part of the Federal Government’s election campaign, is...

Member re-elected

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Retired veterinarian Dr Kevin McGrath was re-elected unopposed as the Millicent Health Advisory Council presiding member at its recent annual general meeting. Graeme Richardson has...