Excited to be in conversation with family and friends about the significance of #NAIDOC week. The theme For our Elders was a great reminder to acknowledge my elders strength and resilience which provided a great foundation for my own journey. Happy NAIDOC Week! #LRH

@AustStrokeReg data confirms benefit of new notification technology at @LRH_Hospital, time to treatment reduced by up to 80% for critical stroke patients https://t.co/SUB0vSpv3U #VAHInews #datamatters #enablingcare

Share your experience of working in Allied Health in #Gippsland at the Gippsland Allied Health Symposium 2023. Email: pam.harvey@monash.edu for info on how to submit an abstract. Submissions close 22nd January @LRH_Hospital @WGHGHospital @gippslandphn @BRHSLife @BassCoastHealth

Hospitals are ideal settings for providing healthy food and drink options using the Healthy choices policy directive https://t.co/DV7TSbW63B @LRH_Hospital @HEAS_Vic @NutritionAust @AchievementVic #LatrobeCommunityHealthService #PreventionVic

Structural works on the $217 million expansion of the Latrobe Regional Hospital are complete, and works have started on the facility’s façade and internal fit-out. Read more about the project https://t.co/VfxWbuHm57 @VicGovDH @LRH_Hospital @builtAU #Latrobe #PublicHealth

Congratulations to Bairnsdale Regional Health Service for taking home the “Excellence in Public Sector Aged Care” award at tonight’s #VPHAwards. They created sensory gardens resulting in improved engagement between staff, residents, and their families

Congratulations to @LRH_Hospital for winning the “Premier's Health Service of the Year (Medium)” award at tonight’s #VPHAwards

A new $3.6m radiotherapy linear accelerator for @LRH_Hospital is part of the 22/23 Vic budget, along with a $6.5m mental health ED hub. This funding means more patients will be able to access expert cancer care & treatment, & mental health support, closer to home. #gippsnews

Today is World Social Work Day! #wswd2022 Meet #monashalumni and #socialworker Gareth, who after completing a regional placement as a student is now working as a hospital social worker in #Gippsland @Monash_SocialWk @LRH_Hospital Read Gareth's story: https://t.co/3yvTKVXxvn

Meet #monashalumni Dr Derk Pol, a cardiologist at @LRH_Hospital & #Gippsland Cardiology Service, with a mission to improve cardiac care in the region ❤🏥 Having studied and now living locally, Derk's now also teaching #medicalstudents here in Gippsland: https://t.co/qq7PLSszj3

Our Chief Exec Don McRae was back on the tools helping the COVID-19 vaccination program in Morwell. Thanks to @MorwellNH for hosting Don, the Gippsland Region Public Health Unit and @gippslandphn And thanks to everyone who got a 1st or 2nd dose! #gippsnews

Congratulations to the recipient of the inaugural Christine Aiken Memorial Award for Excellence in AGITG Study Coordination, Joanne Parr! Joanne is the single study coordinator at @LRH_Hospital, coordinating AGITG’s FORECAST-1 and DYNAMIC-Rectal trials. #AGITG21

A challenging time for the Latrobe and Baw Baw communities so here's a chance to get across the COVID-19 issues on Thurs 14 Oct. Please share widely. #gippsnews Interactive Q&A on Zoom: https://t.co/z8CgBdCfbF and live streamed on: https://t.co/xirGqylGEf

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As a result, the GRPHU will publish Tier 1 exposure sites as a priority and any high risk Tier 2 exposure sites will also be listed. Only sites of concern are being listed of the Department of Health website as well #gippsnews

There has been a lot of interest in exposure sites, in particular Tier 2 sites. According to the GRPHU the evidence suggests there have been no transmissions of the virus at any Tier 2 exposure site in Gippsland.../3

The Gippsland Region Public Health Unit is pleased with the progress made over the last 48 hours in tracing and linking the 65 COVID-19 cases in Latrobe. This provides greater certainty in mitigating the risk of further exposure and spread.../2

A new COVID-19 pop up testing site is opening in Morwell at midday. For details of this and other testing locations go to https://t.co/hkIIptpdNq #gippsnews

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Time for this week's #myweekinfive! Meet Sian, a Year 3B #medstudent based in #Traralgon and currently on placement at @LRH_Hospital with the gen med neuro team. Sian shared her favourite places to study, stay active and eat around Traralgon (some pics taken pre-lockdown) 💻🏸🍓