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Friday, January 31, 2025

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Keep an eye on vision

EVERY parent wants to ensure their child reaches all their developmental and educational milestones, but for a child to perform at their best, their eyes need to as well. Swan Hill and Kerang Optical optometrist Jenalle Pye said children...

23 Jan 2025
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Dental squad brings smiles to town

THERE have been plenty of smiles around Kerang this month since the Smile Squad set up shop on the Murray Valley Highway service road. Smile Squad is a free school dental program and is available to all Victorian government school students. Running...

21 Jan 2025
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Hospital’s finances, capital works and workforce all make grade

COHUNA District Hospital has delivered a healthy check, with its finances, capital works and workforce all showing positive signs. The hospital’s annual general meeting on December 11 was well-attended by the community, staff, and board directors. CDH...

14 Jan 2025
Health

Probable JE case prompts warning

AN urgent health warning has been issued after a “probable” human case of Japanese encephalitis was identified in a resident of northern Victoria. Acting chief health officer Dr Christian McGrath said it was the first case of JE in Victoria this...

13 Jan 2025
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How to beat the heat and what to do if you can’t

HEAT kills more Australians than any other natural disaster, and extreme heat can affect anybody. Those more at-risk include people over the age of 65, babies and young children, pregnant women, people with acute or chronic health problems and people...

26 Dec 2024
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KDH celebrates seventy years of service

KERANG District Health is not just celebrating another successful 12 months - this vital community hub has just commemorated its 70th anniversary. And while many things have changed since its doors first opened for business back in 1949, one thing...

17 Dec 2024
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Vaccine dates announced

GANNAWARRA Council has announced dates for access to vaccinations next year. Immunisation sessions will be held at Gannawarra Shire Children’s Centre, Kerang, on the first Wednesday of the month between February and December from 10.30am to noon...

13 Dec 2024
Health

Keep guard up against COVID-19

VICTORIANS are being reminded to take steps to protect themselves and their community from COVID-19 this summer, as COVID-19 infections increase across the state. The latest Victorian COVID-19 Surveillance Report, ending November 26, shows...

05 Dec 2024
Health

District health takes another financial hit

KERANG and Cohuna hospitals has been whacked with “exploding” WorkCover premiums in the past two years. Kerang District Health’s premiums soared by 65 per cent, from $119,000 in 2022-23 to almost $200,000 in 2023-24. At the same time, Cohuna District...

03 Dec 2024
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Speak up on ambos

MEMBER for Murray Plains Peter Walsh has urged people to make submissions to an inquiry into the performance, workplace culture, and procurement practices of Ambulance Victoria. Mr Walsh said “overworked and undermanned” paramedics were...

02 Nov 2024
Health

She won’t be right, mate

PARAMEDIC Tom Connellan understands that in farming, a lot of things can come down to chance, but experience tells him that staying safe should not be one of them. From growing up on his family’s sheep, cattle and cropping farm to now...

23 Oct 2024
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Son’s CPR saves dad

A QUICK-thinking Cohuna farmhand has been praised for saving his dad’s life using cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Chris Marino, 33, had just finished his first day on a new job and was enjoying a celebratory home dinner with his parents when his dad...

23 Oct 2024
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Workshopping mental health awareness

QUAMBATOOK, Kerang and Cohuna will have access to free mental health in a series of workshops being offered that could assist in saving lives. Lifeline Loddon Mallee has announced a series of complimentary training workshops designed to enhance...

18 Oct 2024
Health

Overdose deaths ‘troubling’

SWAN Hill and Gannawarra were among regions that recorded Victoria’s lowest annual numbers for drug overdose deaths in the past decade, despite figures across the state being at near-record highs. According to data released this week by...

12 Oct 2024
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Day for women’s health knowledge

KERANG resident Rachel Barnes lost her two children Hope and Benji to stillbirth. “I lost my daughter Hope last year in May and my son Benji in February this year,” Ms Barnes said.“My husband and I had no answers as to why our babies passed...

08 Oct 2024
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Theatre funding reinforced

HEALTH Infrastructure Minister Mary-Anne Thomas has spruiked previously announced funding while touring the Kerang and Cohuna health services. Ms Thomas visited Cohuna District Hospital last Tuesday and Kerang District Health on Wednesday, saying...

01 Oct 2024
Education

Students get health career insights

COHUNA Secondary College students have completed a nine-week project aimed at improved recruitment of local health-care workers and the retention of young people in the town. The project, in partnership with Campaspe Cohuna LLEN and Cohuna District...

27 Sep 2024