Health
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Warm welcome to nurses and midwife
TWENTY new nursing and midwifery graduates have been welcomed to the team at the Far West Local Health District, providing a huge boost to health…
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Screening to combat cancer threats
THE most common cancers forecast to be diagnosed in western New South Wales this year have been revealed with prostate, breast, lung and bowel cancers…
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Japanese Encephalitis virus warning
THE Royal Flying Doctor’s Service has encouraged residents throughout New South Wales to remain vigilant for Japanese Encephalitis. JE is spread by mosquitos that have…
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Fear flu season could cause bed shortage
BED occupancy rates at Broken Hill Base Hospital are nearing 60 to 70 per cent, a report given to the local council has revealed. Last…
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Mens mental health initiative comes to town
A MENTAL health initiative for men, The Men’s Table, is holding its first ever event in Broken Hill. The event on Tuesday, February 4, is…
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Grant for FN health events
MAARI Ma Health Aboriginal Corporation has received a $32,000 State Government grant to go towards a series of events in early March. The organisation was…
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Marg is stepping up for mental health
MARG Symes will be undertaking her third and final huge walk across the Outback this April to raises funds for RFDS Wellbeing Place. Ms Symes…
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Health care is so much more than a hospital
By Melissa Welsh, Director Allied Health and Integrated Community Services, Far West LHD HOSPITALS, emergency departments and the staff who look after people are the…
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New respite a home away from home
LOCAL National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) registered provider, Empowered Champions, has revealed it will be opening a respite centre designed for younger people. The NDIS-registered…
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Program aims to have your back
WORKING with Lifeline Broken Hill, the Royal Flying Doctors Services’ We’ve Got Your Back initiative is seeking to provide local station owners and graziers who’ve…
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Former local Phillips now nurse practitioner
FORMER local Leighlan Phillips has upgraded her qualifications to become a nurse practitioner. Ms Phillips works at Mildura Base Public Hospital, having moved from Brisbane…
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Better access to hospital abortion
BROKEN Hill is one of the very few hospitals in the state that perform abortions not classed as a medical emergency, latest research reveals. In…
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