Life-saving drill: Podcast
A 12-year-old boy would have died after a fall, were it not for the resourcefulness of a country doctor who used a household drill to release the pressure building up in the boy's skull.
View ArticleWarrnambool hospital's MRI plans shelved
Warrnambool's St John of God Hospital is urging a private health operator to come clean on its plans to install an MRI machine in the city's public hospital.
View ArticleNew heart lab to cut patient travel
Ballarat Health Services (BHS) says its new cardiac catheter laboratory will prevent up to 900 people a year from having to travel outside of Ballarat for heart disease treatment.
View ArticleVictorian man gets first hand transplant
A Victorian man who lost one hand, part of his other hand and his lower limbs from an infection becomes Australia's first hand transplant recipient.
View ArticleSynthetic blood saves a life
The Victorian doctor who saved a woman's life using a transfusion of synthetic blood, says the product can help address the shortage of stock in regional Victoria and also address the imbalance in life...
View ArticleTheatre shortage blamed for elective surgery delays
Surgeons say the waiting list for elective surgery in Warrnambool is ballooning because there are not enough operating theatres.
View ArticleRunning for her life
Kim Stephens successfully completed a half marathon as part of the Great Ocean Road Marathon last Sunday to purely celebrate her ability to compete and be strong again.
View ArticleElective surgery wait list shortens
The number of people waiting for elective surgery at the Ballarat Base Hospital has declined slightly.
View ArticleHospital boosts surgeon numbers
Warrnambool's St John of God Hospital has recruited four extra surgeons to cope with increased demand for surgical procedures.
View ArticleHealth service warns of elective surgery delays
South West Healthcare says it has no choice but to close beds and delay elective surgery at the Warrnambool hospital in response to Federal Government funding reductions.
View ArticleComing ready or not
First time mum Katie Gleisner of Waterloo, a sleepy hamlet 10 kilometres north of Beaufort in Western Victoria, had enjoyed an uneventful pregnancy so she assumed the stomach pains she was feeling...
View ArticleBudget delivers radiotherapy boost
The Victorian Government will spend $10 million to develop radiotherapy services at Warrnambool.
View ArticleGastro outbreak delays non-urgent elective surgery
Ballarat Health Services says it has started delaying non-urgent elective surgeries due to a gastroenteritis outbreak.
View ArticleDemand expected to rise for new MRI service
Premier Denis Napthine will officially open a new $1.2 million magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) service for south-west Victoria today.
View ArticleAMA urges shorter south-west Vic surgery wait times
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) says waiting times for surgery in south-west Victoria could fall if the State Government published better data.
View ArticleVictorian families consider legal action after deaths of 7 babies
Victorian families are in shock after being told the deaths of their babies may have been avoidable. The Government says a review of the hospital at Bacchus Marsh, west of Melbourne has found seven...
View ArticleA conversation that has to happen: Mother donates her son's organs to save...
The mother of a young boy who changed the lives of 16 people after his organs were donated says it is vital family members have a conversation about the issue.
View ArticleMajor disparities in surgery rates across Australia, report says
National data reveals huge differences in the types of surgical procedures performed, depending on where patients live, with the report's authors suggesting remoteness, socioeconomic disadvantage and...
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