Wednesday, September 30, 2020

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Sunraysia duo’s remembrance walks for a cause

SUNRAYSIA residents John Burfitt and Tayla Brook will be putting their best forward next month to raise funds for local medical equipment and in memoriam of four police offers who died in April. Mr Burfitt will walk 16km between the...

24 Sep 2020
Community

Buronga woman repays help after ‘massive’ cancer shock

“A MASSIVE shock” is how Emma Reid described her breast cancer diagnosis in May last year. At just 32, the Buronga mother of two said she was certain the lump in her breast was a cyst.“When I went to get it checked, they pretty much...

23 Sep 2020
Health

Marathon effort results in free mental health clinic for Robinvale

ROBINVALE almond grower Luke Benham has raised over $30,000 to help his hometown run a free, drop-in mental health clinic.​Mr Benham in February, pledged to to run ‘42k for 42k’ - 42km to raise...

21 Sep 2020
Health

Service backs up Mildura needs

THE Mildura region will be supported by a satellite HeadtoHelp mental health clinic to further support residents during the COVID-19 restrictions. Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster said the enhanced mental health service, delivered by Murray Primary...

20 Sep 2020
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13 Feb 2020
Coronavirus

Optimism grows in Mildura as Melbourne case numbers drop

THE fate of regional centres like Mildura continues to be guided by coronavirus numbers in Melbourne. But there was reason for optimism on Sunday as just 14 new infections were reported across Victoria, pushing metropolitan Melbourne’s 14-day average...

20 Sep 2020
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Mildura Base Public Hospital babies restart onesie tradition

THE reborn Mildura Base Public Hospital welcomed one of its first newborns with a maiden “I’m a Base Baby” onesie this week. Reviving an old Mildura Base tradition, new chief executive Terry Welch said that all newborns were gifted...

20 Sep 2020
Health

Mildura hospital cancer and cardiac services up for talks

VICTORIAN Premier Daniel Andrews says he will work with the new Mildura Base Public Hospital to improve cardiac and cancer services in the region. Mr Andrews acknowledged in State Parliament this week that the government could do more...

19 Sep 2020
Politics

800 on elective surgery waiting list in Mildura

A SHOCKING total of 800 residents forms the waiting list for elective surgery in Mildura amid a “dire” shortage of specialist treatment in north-west Victoria due to border closures. As elective surgery resumes in regional Victoria this week...

19 Sep 2020
Health

Mildura orthodontist leaves with a smile

DR Allan Coveney has been straightening smiles in north-west Victoria for 36 years. But at the end of this month, Sunraysia’s first residential orthodontist will retire and hand...

18 Sep 2020
Health

State border closures hit mental health, Senate inquiry told

PEOPLE in cross-border regions such as the neighbouring Mildura and Wentworth municipalities are more likely to experience heightened levels of anxiety than other rural and...

18 Sep 2020
Health

Mildura practitioner says lockdown raises body image anxiety

BODY image concerns and eating disorders have been exacerbated by COVID-19, with a sharp spike in people reaching out for help. This week’s Body Image and Eating Disorders...

17 Sep 2020
Health

Mildura woman finds support in battle with rare cancer

ROCHELLE Mattiazzo knew something was seriously wrong, even when doctors dismissed her extreme leg pain in November last year. But what happened next was “the biggest shock” of her life. The...

14 Sep 2020
Health

Mildura Base Hospital’s road to recovery

VICTORIA’S final 20-year “failed” and “broken” hospital privatisation experiment will come to an end on Tuesday when Mildura Base Hospital returns to public hands. The “reclaiming” of the hospital – the state’s only government-owned...

12 Sep 2020
Politics

Mildura Base Hospital: Ali Cupper’s handover battle

ALI Cupper had just toppled long-serving incumbent Nationals MP Peter Crisp – who did not take a position for or against private hospital management – to win the seat of Mildura by a mere 253 votes at the 2018 Victorian...

12 Sep 2020
Health

Mildura Base Public Hospital leaders aim for regional links

THE new era for Mildura Base Public Hospital opened on Tuesday with a commitment from chiefs for a greater emphasis on engaging with communities across north-west Victoria. On his first official day in charge of Mildura Base Public...

16 Sep 2020
Health

Mildura Base Public Hospital chief sets performance goal

THE new boss of the rebadged Mildura Base Public Hospital has promised a “really contemporary” and “high-performing” health service that has a greater focus on community engagement. On a landmark and “smooth” day one of the transition...

15 Sep 2020