Tag: medical

Forbes ‘forced out’

Fred Smith -
Long serving orthopaedic surgeon Henry Forbes no longer has a contract to treat public patients in Mount Gambier with his last day in the...

Regional health push

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

Regional GPs awarded

SE Voice -
Three Mount Gambier GPs at two of the city’s medical clinics have been awarded grants from the Cancer Council SA to receive a fully...

Health leader in region

Brandi Miller -
South Australian Senator and Federal Shadow Minister for Health and Aged Care Anne Ruston was in the Limestone Coast earlier this week following the...

Health concerns raised

SE Voice -
Apetition calling for additional doctors at Robe closed last week. Robe resident Richie White and other concerned community members developed the document to try rectify...

Urgent care clinic set for city

SE Voice -
Anew Medicare Urgent Care Clinic will open in Mount Gambier in November in a bid to ease congestion at the city’s hospital emergency department. The...

Seaside medical services return

SE Voice -
Medical services are set to return to Beachport in July. The Wattle Range Council has agreed to lease the empty clinic buildings it owns to...

City health boost

SE Voice -
Hawkins Medical Clinic is set to open a specialised Women’s Health Clinic to cater for women during each stage of their lives. The clinic, which...

Elective surgery impacted

SE Voice -
The Mount Gambier Hospital’s non-urgent elective surgery has been impacted due to a shortage of beds. In recent days non-urgent elective surgery was temporarily suspended...

Family health highlighted

Brandi Miller -
Dr Try Medical Centre has a shiny new name to reflect patient care being its number one priority. While the clinic’s name has now changed...

Ailing health service action plea

SE Voice -
Mount Gambier City Council elected members have been told to “get off their backside” in a passionate plea from a local resident. Mount Gambier resident...

Increased ‘doctor recruitment’ 
pool to benefit Limestone Coast

SE Voice -
Local GP practices in towns such as Mount Gambier and Naracoorte will have more options and a larger pool of doctors to recruit from,...