Tag: network

Health plan ‘inaction’

Ahealth lobby group claims there has been inaction on the delivery of the Millicent Hospital Services Plan.
The claim has been made on a social...

Future of regional health in spotlight

Brain storming sessions for the public regarding future regional health services will be held in Mount Gambier and seven other South East towns in...

Health care continues ‘for foreseeable future’

Mount Gambier’s Medicare Urgent Care Clinic will continue to see patients for the “foreseeable future” despite its operator entering liquidation. News broke this week that...

Supercharged mobile network goes live

Vodafone’s supercharged mobile network has gone live, tripling its number of regional mobile sites and more than doubling its mobile coverage right across Australia,...

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...

Health network budget exceeded

The Limestone Coast Local Health Network appears to have exceeded its 2023/24 budget by more than $10m.
According to a recent staff report, the end...

Hospital change-up

Millicent and District Hospital is currently without a long-term executive officer/director of nursing as the incumbent Sally Milson is understood to have transferred to...

Firefighter support boost

Amajor new firefighting water resource has been established in a Wattle Range blackspot area through the sophisticated redesign of the local drainage network.
Hardwood plantation...

State EV network charged up

The RAA’s statewide electric vehicle charging network, RAA Charge, was recognised for its innovation in development at the annual Urban Development Institute of Australia’s...

Weather station tech upgraded

All 20 of the Limestone Coast Landscape Board’s automatic weather stations are now 5G, providing increased mobile device and connection capacity.
The automatic weather station...

Drivers dob in dodgy roads

Limestone Coast residents are being urged to dob in dodgy sections of roads through a new State Opposition campaign.
The Liberal Party launched its “Report...

Region’s roads surveyed

The latest in road safety mapping technology is traversing the region as of last week to survey state-maintained roads in the South East.
iPAVE will...

Landmarks lit up

Apair of iconic Mount Gambier landmarks will light the night this weekend as part of a national campaign to raise awareness for a common...

Council drives road upgrades

Two local rural intersections are set to receive a major upgrade after Grant District Council successfully applied for Federal Government Black Spot funding. The increasingly...