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7 December 2020
During NAIDOC Week East Grampians Health Service celebrated Australia’s Indigenous foods. The Cafe Pyrenees team, lead by Leonie Clayton, cooked up a range of delicious meals inspired by Indigenous foods. Tempting treats included emu burgers, saltbush dukkah crusted kangaroo salad and warrigal greens, crispy whitebait and tartare sauce, crispy wallaby skewers, seared emu salad with…
Learn More7 December 2020
The 25th annual East Grampians Health Service annual general meeting will be held via zoom webinar due to COVID-19 restrictions on Wednesday December 16 at 6pm. In a first for the health service, COVID-19 gathering restrictions necessitated the need to ‘think outside the square’ for this year’s AGM. The AGM will receive the report of…
Learn More7 December 2020
Commencing on 25th November 2020 through to 10th December 2020 is 16 Days of Activism. The 16 Days of Activism campaign raises awareness and galvanises action to end violence against women and girls around the world. East Grampians Health Service is in the final stages of implementing the Strengthening Hospital Responses to Family Violence initiative.…
Learn More4 October 2020
Staff at East Grampians Health Service wore a touch of purple on Wear it Purple Day, August 28, an annual LGBTIQA+ awareness day, targeted at young people. On this day each year, supporters wear purple to celebrate diversity and young people from the LGBTIQA+ community. The Wear it Purple organisation strives to foster supportive, safe,…
Learn More4 October 2020
East Grampians Health Service continues to engage with consumers with dementia, and their carers, during COVID-19, despite the Memory Support Group being unable to meet. This week is Dementia Action Week, which aims to show that many people living with dementia can continue to live well for many years after their diagnosis. Dementia affects close…
Learn More4 October 2020
The Victoria Police Blue Ribbon Foundation Ararat Branch has provided a $20,000 contribution to East Grampians Health Service for a new x-ray machine. The donation is part of a $235,000 commitment towards the equipment, and the branch has currently donated $120,000 as part of this project. East Grampians Health Service is currently undertaking a $7.4…
Learn More25 September 2020
The Victoria Police Blue Ribbon Foundation Ararat Branch has provided a $20,000 contribution to East Grampians Health Service for a new x-ray machine. The donation is part of a $235,000 commitment towards the equipment, and the branch has currently donated $120,000 as part of this project. East Grampians Health Service is currently undertaking a $7.4…
Learn More9 September 2020
Are you looking for a fun way to get some exercise during Stage 3 restrictions? Active Adventure Around Ararat is designed to get your mind and body active and is a walking trail featuring checkpoints at which you are provided a clue. If you complete the trail you solve the puzzle. The AAAA walking trail…
Learn More10 August 2020
During National Diabetes Week, East Grampians Health Service highlighted the services of its Diabetes Education team. EGHS chief executive Andrew Freeman said at East Grampians Health Service there are two Diabetes Educators, Julie Lang and Bree Fratin, who are available Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm to assist people living with diabetes. “They work with…
Learn More5 July 2020
The East Grampians Health Service Patricia Hinchey Centre has purchased a defibrillator thanks to a donation from U3A Ararat. U3A Ararat last year held a fashion parade showcasing vintage classics and rare outfits from the past, titled ‘Threads’, modelled by Marian College students It also featured a digital and static display from the Lady Grimwade…
Learn More22 June 2020
East Grampians Health Service has received a vital piece of equipment through the Humpty Dumpty Foundation, which will be used in paediatric surgery. The aim of the Humpty Dumpty Foundation is to provide essential paediatric medical equipment to hospitals and health services across Australia for the prevention or control of disease in children. The Humpty…
Learn More9 June 2020
Recent events at the East Grampians Health Service in Ararat will result in more money being reinvested back into the health service. The service have just completed the first stage of a major project to install and commission solar panels at the Willaura Campus, the main Ararat Hospital building, Community Health Centre, support services, the…
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East Grampians Health Service acknowledges the Wotjobaluk, Jaadwa, Jadawadjali, Wergaia, Jupagalk and Eastern Maar peoples as the Traditional Custodians of these lands. We acknowledge that their holistic approach to health; harmony between body, mind, spirit and environment, has been practiced on these lands for thousands of years. We thank past and present Elders for this knowledge to help improve health and wellbeing for all Australians.
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