Foundation’s generous donation to improve patient care
Stawell Hospital Foundation’s generous donation of $30,000 has enabled the purchase of life-saving equipment for Grampians Health Stawell hospital. The Foundation’s donation has funded a BladderScan i10 for the Urgent Care Centre and Acute ward, and a Philips Intrepid Heartsmart Manual Defibrillator for the theatre wing, both of which are set to significantly enhance patient Read the full article…
Grampians Health opens haematology clinic in Stawell
Grampians Health has opened a new haematology clinic in Stawell, expanding access to specialist care to local communities. The clinic in Stawell, which complements a fortnightly service in Horsham, will help patients diagnosed with a blood disorder to access treatment locally and reduces the need for travel to Ballarat or Melbourne to manage their conditions. Read the full article…
Grampians Health set to commence construction on Stawell’s second theatre
Grampians Health will commence construction on Stawell’s $5.15 million second theatre next week. Q Construction, a company renowned for delivering first class projects in regional areas, has been appointed to redevelop the second theatre, with Grampians Health’s Capital Projects team to manage the project. The new theatre will significantly boost surgical capacity in the region, Read the full article…
Falling into friendship
Two Stawell ladies have formed an inseparable friendship after sharing a room at Grampians Health’s Stawell campus. Olive Karam and Gwen Dunn were leading almost parallel lives in the historic gold mining town but were oblivious to each other’s existence until Olive was wheeled into the Simpson ward room where Gwen had been convalescing. For Read the full article…
Stawell has the right chemistry for Tara
Grampians Health Stawell’s first permanent pharmacist is loving both her role and her new home. Tara Hosseinkhani’s life interests centre around food, festivals and travelling so she sees Stawell as an ideal location to entertain her indulgences. But more importantly, her new role is exactly what she wanted. Tara studied pharmacy in Brisbane and worked Read the full article…
Grampians Health geriatricians improving outcomes in Horsham and Stawell
Regular visits from Grampians Health geriatric doctors are helping to improve health outcomes for patients in Stawell and Horsham acute settings. The specialist doctors have been providing the service for a few months and it is expected to expand even further over time. Stawell campus acute nurse unit manager Amy Yole said the service was Read the full article…
Empowering Elie’s Paralympic dreams
When Vanuatuan para-athlete and shot-put champion Elie Enock was first informed about the possibility of being fitted with a prosthesis, she remembers being hopeful. “I never thought I’ll have a leg one day,” said the Stawell resident, who had lost her limb in an unfortunate accident in 2009. But now, the para-athlete was seeing a Read the full article…
Grampians Health unveils first look at Stawell’s second theatre
Grampians Health is proud to reveal artist impressions for Stawell’s new $5.15 million second operating theatre – a project which will significantly boost surgical capacity in the region. The new theatre will position Grampians Health Stawell as a leading provider in specialised healthcare services including ophthalmology, endoscopy, gynaecology and general surgery. To be delivered by Read the full article…
$37,000 support for MacPherson Smith
Community generosity has not only ensured consultations with GPs and a variety of medical services is much easier for residents at Stawell’s Macpherson Smith Care Community – it has also allowed them to have involvement in their medical care and the decisions that are made. Stawell Hospital Foundation has donated $37,000 to the Grampians Health Read the full article…
Hunter returns with top skills
A leading clinician who gained his first management role at Stawell eight years ago has returned to the Grampians Health campus as its first full-time nurse practitioner. Jarrod Hunter’s extensive nursing and paramedic career began with his graduate year of nursing in Melbourne in 2002 and by 2016, he was working at Stawell as the Read the full article…