Where’s The Funding community campaign organisers have welcomed a meeting with Member for Eastern Victoria Harriet Shing, after their scheduled meeting last Friday was cancelled. The community lobby group is still desperately hoping to attract funding for a new West…
Ingrid Brown’s cancer journey is far from over. With six months of treatment remaining, she would have loved to finish her chemotherapy at West Gippsland Hospital. But, the one day a week service and cramped facilities, makes it difficult for…
A petition calling on the state government to fund a new West Gippsland Hospital in May’s budget was tabled in Parliament on Thursday, with 9820 official signatures. It is expected petition documents with a further 300 signatures will be tabled…
A picture is worth a thousand words and that was certainly the case on Saturday morning in Civic Park, Warragul. Hundreds of people took part in a large community photograph to send a visual message to the state government asking…
A community driven campaign is sending a clear message to the state government that they are “Sick of Waiting” for a new West Gippsland Hospital. The community action group is urging residents to lobby the state government for a funding…
New state contracts will blow out West Gippsland Healthcare Group’s electricity and gas costs this financial year by more than half-a-million dollars. The electricity bill will increase by more than $300,000 as a result of a new contract that applied…
Increasing demand on the West Gippsland Hospital’s emergency department has increased waiting times and reduced the number of patients being treated within targets. But, a blitz on elective surgery over the past 12 months has paid off, with the hospital…
A $9.3 million windfall to the West Gippsland Hospital will deliver a new operating theatre and eight more beds in the emergency department. The state government funds will be used to build a new $3.3 million eight-bed short stay unit as…
A new West Gippsland Hospital estimated to cost more than $300 million will be built if a Coalition state government is elected. Opposition leader Matthew Guy was in Warragul on Friday to announce the Coalition’s commitment to a new hospital…
The State Government is well aware of the growing needs for health services in West Gippsland, according to Health Minister Jill Hennessy. The minister met with West Gippsland Healthcare Group management and board representatives on Thursday to “get a deeper…
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