Health
“A life or death outcome”: Ballarat Base Hospital staff report nursing in corridors and 12-hour ambulance waits
The hospital is in the final stage of a $655 million upgrade, but an increasing population and limited facilities has left health services stretched
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Ballarat population to hit 160,000 by 2040, and the city's elderly may pay the price
Older Australians can be "voiceless" in emergency rooms and workplaces, the Age Discrimination Commissioner told the Brolga.
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“Take the pressure off”: More than 16,000 people in West Vic used a virtual emergency department last year
The system delivers care to about 1,000 patients a day across Victoria.
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Fungal contamination forces Hamilton Gallery to postpone two exhibitions
Treating mould can take up to three months.
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More like a home, less like a hospital: Ballarat’s new youth mental health facility
"The last thing you want is to feel like an inmate.”
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“Game-changer”: The charity retaining mental health workers in regional Victoria
In Ararat, a grassroots charity tackles a mental health crisis.
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When is the new youth mental health centre opening in Ballarat?
Two years since the announcement, the regional city remains in the waiting room.
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