Pieter Pretorius awarded for long service to EGHS
4 December 2025
East Grampians Health Service Visiting Medical Officer Dr Pieter Pretorius was awarded for 20 years of service to EGHS at the 30th Annual General Meeting. Dr Pretorius has been a cornerstone of rural healthcare in Ararat since his arrival from South Africa in 2004. Moving with his wife, Ane, and their three young daughters, Dr…
Learn MoreNancy Panter named Life Governor
4 December 2025
Long serving East Grampians Health Service former Board Director and Chair Nancy Panter was named a Life Governor at the health service’s 30th Annual General Meeting. A Life Governor is the most prestigious recognition of commitment and dedication to the health service and is the highest honour bestowed by East Grampians Health Service. Ms Panter…
Learn MoreEGHS awards scholarships
4 December 2025
Since 2009, the EGHS Building for the Future Foundation has awarded scholarships to staff valued at more than $700,000, to enable them to undertake further studies in their chosen field. At the 30th Annual General Meeting, EGHS awarded scholarships to 10 staff, including scholarships from the Foundation, as well as Epworth Healthcare, the Angela Laidlaw…
Learn MoreA year of highlights at East Grampians Health Service
4 December 2025
East Grampians Health Service held its 30th annual general meeting last week, with the Board reporting on another successful year and presenting many organisational highlights and significant events. Guest speaker at the AGM was co-host of the ABC’s News Breakfast, Bridget Brennan, who grew up in Buangor and went to school at Marian College. A…
Learn MoreJill retires after remarkable 70 year nursing career
25 November 2025
Willaura Health Care nurse Jill Broderick has retired after a remarkable 70 years of nursing. In all probability, Jill’s distinguished career is the longest nursing career in Australia, with the final 30 years spent at Willaura Health Care, a campus of East Grampians Health Service. With a twin brother, Jill (christened Valma) was born in…
Learn MoreVal awarded for 45 years of volunteering
17 November 2025
East Grampians Health Service has recognised the work and support of its 150 volunteers at the 20th Volunteer Service Recognition Awards, including an incredible 45 years’ service by Val Albert. At the awards, 32 volunteers were recognised for five, 10, 15, 20 and 45 years. EGHS has 150 volunteers who work across a range of…
Learn MoreCafé Pyrenees receives refresh thanks to Ritchies IGA
17 November 2025
Café Pyrenees at East Grampians Health Service is a vibrant hub for staff, students and visitors, and thanks to Ritchies IGA Community Benefit Program, it has received a much-needed facelift. In just over two years, through community members nominating East Grampians Health Service as their nominated charity on the Ritchies Community Benefit Program card, $5882…
Learn MoreHealth service leaders hear about research project
17 November 2025
Federation University Research Associate, and former Ararat local, Dr Leo Bell, was a recent guest at an East Grampians Health Service Leadership Group lunch. Dr Bell is an Accredited Exercise Physiologist and Research Associate at Federation University Australia’s Health Innovation and Transformation Centre. His journey began in Ararat, where he grew up, before moving to Ballarat…
Learn MoreBlue Ribbon Foundation launches mammography unit project
30 October 2025
The Victoria Police Blue Ribbon Foundation Ararat Branch has launched its next fundraising project, the largest in its 23-year history, which will see a mammography unit installed in the Blue Ribbon Foundation Wing at East Grampians Health Service. The Ararat Branch has committed to raising $250,000 towards the purchase of the vital equipment, which will…
Learn MoreWillaura Hospital redevelopment actively discussed
24 October 2025
East Grampians Health Service Board Chair Cam Evans hosted a delegation of senior leaders from the Victorian and Australian Governments at Willaura Health Care. Mr Evans said the redevelopment of Willaura Hospital is the number one priority for the EGHS Board. “The facility needs a significant upgrade to meet the needs of patients and residents,…
Learn MoreCelebrations as Willaura Hospital marks 90th anniversary
12 October 2025
Willaura Health Care and East Grampians Health Service celebrated the 90th anniversary of the Willaura Hospital in September. More than 100 people attended the celebration, which was marked by a lunch held in the hospital grounds, including EGHS Board members, staff, former staff, patients and Willaura residents. A large display of photographs and memorabilia, provided…
Learn MoreState-of-the-art Practical Laboratory opened at EGHS
12 October 2025
The new State Government funded Practical Laboratory was officially opened at East Grampians Health Service last week. East Grampians Health Service received $1.9 million from the State Government Regional Health Infrastructure Fund to build the Practical Laboratory on site, which is designed to simulate a hospital ward environment and features patient bathrooms, medication rooms and…
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