Training locally enables Naomi to secure dream career
11 August 2025
The ability to study locally enabled East Grampians Health Service nurse Naomi Schott to advance her career and study nursing while raising a family and working part time. It was Naomi’s early work in disability care that sparked her interest in nursing, as she wanted to provide a better level of care for people with…
Learn MoreInterns experience working in rural Victoria
19 January 2024
Through the Grampians Rural Generalist Intern Training Program, based in Ararat, eight junior doctors are currently experiencing what it is like to practice and live in rural areas. East Grampians Health Service has welcomed the interns through a partnership with St John of God Ballarat, Maryborough District Health Service, and three GP clinics including the…
Learn MoreDoors open to first year medical students in Ararat
19 January 2024
This week, aspiring doctors from rural Victoria commenced their Deakin University medical studies in Ararat and Warrnambool. This is the first time students entering Deakin’s Doctor of Medicine (MD) program have started the first year of their degrees in South-West and Western Victoria. Deakin’s Dean of Medicine, Professor Gary Rogers said the opportunity to deliver…
Learn MoreEGHS radiographer to study locally to become a doctor
11 December 2023
Local radiographer Avneet Chand has been offered a place in the Deakin Medical School that will be delivered from East Grampians Health Service’s Pyrenees House from 2024. Mr Chand will be well known to many locals as he has worked as a radiographer at East Grampians Health Service for the last four years. Mr Chand…
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