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20 February 2024
East Grampians Health Service Board Chair Ken Weldin reported at the annual general meeting on another successful year and presented many organisational highlights and significant events. Mr Weldin said the AGM, held in Willaura this year, is an important date on the Board’s calendar as it gives the Board the chance to publicly thank staff,…
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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…
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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…
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Solar energy is saving East Grampians Health Service more than $80,000 per year in electricity costs following the implementation of solar projects over the past five years. EGHS consumes a large amount of electricity to run its operations. To be more environmentally sustainable and mitigate the financial impact, EGHS installed an extensive 315kW roof top…
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East Grampians Health Service staff were awarded for long service at the Annual General Meeting last year. Staff were awarded for years of service ranging from 10 years up to an impressive 45 years by Vaccination Clinic Manager Sue McAdie, followed closely by 40 years’ service by Nurse Robyn Oliver and Compliance Coordinator Dayle Smith…
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East Grampians Health Service awarded scholarships to seven staff at the annual general meeting last year, to enable them to undertake further studies in their chosen field. The EGHS Building for the Future Foundation made available scholarships up to the value of $30,000 to ensure the long-term viability of services. The recipients of the 2023…
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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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Jane Richardson (left) and Judy Paterson Judy Paterson and EGHS Board Director Megan Shea Jane Richardson and EGHS Board Director Megan Shea Two long serving East Grampians Health Service auxiliary members were named Life Governors at the health service’s annual general meeting. A Life Governor is the most prestigious recognition of commitment and…
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Two East Grampians Health Service staff have been awarded research grants through the Western Alliance Supporting Translation of Research in Rural and Regional Setting (STaRR) Program. After a tight and competitive process, Maree Fraser and Jake Romein will join researchers from Grampians Health and Barwon Health in receiving STaRR Emerging Researcher Grants. Western Alliance is…
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East Grampians Health Service was named a finalist in the Victorian Public Health Care Awards, Premier’s Medium Health Service of the Year. EGHS joined Echuca Regional Health and South West Healthcare as one of three finalists in the category of 18 health services, with South West Healthcare winning the award. EGHS Chief Executive Nick Bush…
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The Ararat RSL has donated more than $5000 to the East Grampians Health Service Oncology Unit, which will be used to provide a blanket warmer that will benefit patients receiving treatment. A cheque for $5178 was presented by the Ararat RSL to the Oncology Unit, which was raised through the annual Pink Day fundraising event,…
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By Heather Fleming Courtesy of The Ararat Advocate Long time Ararat resident Cyril Bond turned one hundred last week with a big celebration at Parkland House Willaura, where he now resides. Cyril was born in Hampshire, England, and migrated to Australia after the Second World War. As a young man he joined the British Navy,…
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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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