Tag: hospital

Hospital power source generates interest

Millicent and District Hospital has recently put its new backup generator and electrical distribution boards to good use.
Limestone Coast Local Health Network chief executive...

International talent enhances physio services at CMH

CASTERTON Memorial Hospital is expanding its physiotherapy services as part of an ongoing commitment to increasing services for the local community.
The recent addition to...

Record influx of new doctors

The largest ever South Australian intake of medical interns has started work in public hospitals across the state, with 313 of these new doctors...

Surgery declines

The amount of same-day surgery declined in the operating theatres of Millicent and District Hospital in the last financial year.
There was an average of...

Theatre commitment

The region’s top health bureaucrat has committed to keeping the operating theatres open at Millicent.
This is despite the amount of same-day surgery declining at...

Hospital open day back on

Millicent Hospital will hold its first Open Day in five years on Sunday.
It will be a “Town Fair” on the hospital grounds, featuring a...

Midwife backs Bill

Mount Gambier Hospital midwife Elle Hood has spoken in a public forum of her support for the Live Births Bill which is currently before...

SA Whooping cough case numbers climb

Health experts are reminding pregnant women and infants to get vaccinated against whooping cough, as a wave of the infectious disease sees case numbers...

Cancer care closer to home

The Liberal Opposition has announced it will deliver critical care closer to home for cancer patients in the Limestone Coast.
The former Federal Coalition Government...

Libs commit to radiation funding

Cancer care closer to home under a Tarzia Liberal Government The Liberal Opposition has announced it will deliver critical care closer to home for cancer...

Hospital upgrade remains on track

The tender for a general building contractor for the Mount Gambier Hospital upgrade has been completed.
Health Minister Chris Picton has told State Parliament that...

Elective surgery paused

Dozens of patients awaiting elective surgery at Mount Gambier Hospital face several days of uncertainty with its operating theatres likely to remain closed until...

Elective surgery halt

Non-urgent surgery has been cancelled at Mount Gambier Hospital and a re-start date has not been given. The temporary ban on elective surgery extends to...

Regional health push

The Australian Nurses and Midwives Federation SA Branch (ANMF SA) has launched a campaign with a public petition to call on Premier Peter Malinauskas,...

Surgery future hinges on budget

Doubt has been cast on the future of the operating theatres at Millicent and District Hospital by Wattle Range Mayor Des Noll, local MP...