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17-3-2017 SOUTH WEST TAFE - MEDIA RELEASE Apart from raising eight children with husband Bruce and working their sheep and cropping farm north of Hamilton, Lesley Bastock-Lewis has transformed into an award-winning student with a new career in nursing. |
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16-3-2017 WDHS CEO Rohan Fitzgerald A south-west Victorian petition calling for a sugar tax to reduce the consumption of sweet drinks in Australia is taking on a new national direction. |
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12-3-2017 Hamilton locals are urging the rest of Australia to join their sugar crusade. Picture: Ian Currie AARON LANGMAID, Herald Sun March 12, 2017 7:30pm A VICTORIAN town has turned its back on sugar and says it’s a sweet idea the rest of the nation should follow. |
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24-2-2017 GP Obstetrician, Dr Jan Slabbert, Midwife Shamim Mahabeer and Registered Nurse, Rachel Clarke work through an emergency scenario with ‘patient’ / Midwife Melissa Sutherland Western District Health Service (WDHS) is participating in a new program that will increase opportunities for hands on, in-house training in obstetric emergencies. |
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21-2-2017 Speech Pathologist, Sue Cameron leaves WDHS after 32 years After 32 years working as a Speech Pathologist at Western District Health Service (WDHS), Sue Cameron can’t count how many children and families she has met, but she is sure it is in the thousands. |
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21-2-2017 Registered Nurses Jo Richards, Fiona Cogger, Wendy Wathen, Kaye Roberts - Rundell and Enrolled Nurse Sonja Gould enjoy a catch up to recognise 40 years of nursing Five Western District Health Service (WDHS) nurses celebrate an impressive 40 years of nursing in 2017. |
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21-12-2016 Surgeon, Mr Stephen Clifforth, Hamilton and District Skills Centre Manager, Tony MacGillivray and Mayor, Mary Ann Brown join forces to advocate for a sugar tax on sugar sweetened beverages Community leaders have joined the call for a sugar tax to address rising levels of overweight and obesity in the Wannon Electorate. |
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20-12-2016 Children from the Glenvale School and Principal, Geoff Parker present their Lakes Edge Challenge donation to WDHS Director of Nursing, Lorraine Hedley December 6 2016 |
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20-12-2016 Winner of the Mens 21km, David Staehr from Kaniva November 10, 2016 Several hundred runners and walkers ‘went the distance’ to raise funds for the new cancer treatment area at WDHS at the 8th Annual Vitality Fun Run. |
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20-12-2016 WDHS Board President, Hugh Macdonald with staff Above and Beyond Award winner, Bianca Todd and WDHS AGM Guest Speaker, Alzheimer’s Australia’s Wendy Henderson November 9 2016 |
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