Posts in Category: Health
Forum re-activated to discuss alcohol issues
WANGARATTA’S Liquor Forum is being reactivated to help bring police, licensees and council together to collaborate on local issues.
HEALTH DEFICIT
WANGARATTA’S public hospital has recorded its busiest year to date, turning over figures of $148.361 million for the 2018-19 financial year.
Project aids stroke patients
STROKE patients in Wangaratta are being given access to neuropsychology services via online telehealth as part of a new innovative project.
Health demand
PATIENT admissions at Wangaratta’s public hospital cracked the 20,000 milestone in its busiest year on record during the 2018-19 financial year.
HOMELESS BID
WANGARATTA-based state MP TANIA Maxwell (MLC, Northern Victoria) has called for a public hearing in Wangaratta as part of the Victorian Parliament’s inquiry into homelessness.
BULGE BATTLE
RESEARCH into risk factors behind chronic disease shows that Wangaratta residents are slimmer than people in most surrounding towns, but don’t gorge on a packet…
Twins there from the start, and will continue to support Cancer Council
WITH an identical passion for the Cancer Council’s Relay for Life, twins Ross and Ron Aldridge have been supporting the cause since it began in…
A FINAL RELAY
THIS weekend’s Relay for Life event will be the last held for the foreseeable future in Wangaratta.
Hospital butts in to aid smokers kick the habit
PATIENTS of Northeast Health Wangaratta (NHW) will be given more support to quit smoking, in a new initiative launched yesterday.
The Danihers are coming
MEMBERS of the Daniher family, and more than 300 of their supporters, will roll into Wangaratta this Friday, as they take part in the annual…
FLU: SICK OF IT
WANGARATTA has been gripped by a “frightening” influenza virus outbreak this year, with 342 confirmed cases within the local government area to date and around…
GP numbers set to drop
THE Tristar medical clinic in Wangaratta will not operate after this month unless a qualified GP is secured to supervise the practice.