Health
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Castlemaine psychologist hails breakthrough treatment
Castlemaine psychoanalytic psychologist Deborah Coulthard has opened a chapter of Mind Medicine Australia in Castlemaine and is inviting interested community members to join the Facebook group. Mind Medicine Australia exists to help alleviate the suffering caused by mental illness through expanding treatment options available to medical practitioners and their patients. It aims to establish safe…
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Jobs boost for CHIRP
CHIRP Community Health in Castlemaine will be able to employ eight new staff members thanks to a funding boost from the state government. Minister for Employment Jaala Pulford and Bendigo West MP Maree Edwards visited CHIRP on Friday to make the announcement. The funding is part of the government’s $500 million Working for Victoria fund…
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Run your own race
Castlemaine’s iconic Run The Maine event is set to go virtual! Organisers were determined the 12th annual fundraiser for Castlemaine Health would go ahead despite the challenges of COVID and have opted to take the popular event online. RTM race director Gavin Krasner said the theme for the 2020 event was ‘Run Your Own Race’…
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A story worth (over)sharing
While the arrival of spring reminds us of years past when it was possible to enjoy being among the hustle and bustle of the Spring Racing Carnival’s unbridled, ahem, social gatherings, season 2020 is shaping up to look considerably different. But all is not lost. In fact, a local good news story has emerged that…
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Reopening of maternity service a step closer
Maternity services at Castlemaine Health are one step closer to reopening with the framework for the new model of care on track to be in place by the beginning of October. The Maternity Services Operational Model of Care Working Group, which has been meeting since August 2020, now has a clear, overarching view of the…
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Art to soothe the senses at Romsey
Distinctive art installations are hoped to be secured as part of the exciting next step for Romsey Ecotherapy Park. A unique feature, Art in the Park incorporates seven modern sculptures designed to stimulate and soothe the senses and the Romsey Ecotherapy Park Inc is about to launch a fundraising campaign to make it a reality.…
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Firies in training for virtual climb
Gisborne firefighters are in training to take part in the seventh annual Melbourne Firefighter Stair Climb to raise funds for mental health, only this time the challenge will be a virtual one. The stair climb is an annual charity event that sees firefighters and other emergency services personnel come from all over Australasia and the…
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Call to reopen fitness venues
Gym owners have joined forces to pressure the Victorian Government to reclassify fitness venues as essential services. Fitness venues were excluded from reopening in the state’s latest ease of coronavirus restrictions for regional areas and Kyneton Ozzfit owner Shannon Downey said the move was “disappointing”. “We anticipated that we would be opening with restrictions,” he…
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Marnie rises to the challenge
Woodend’s Marnie Thorsen is a ‘bloody legend’ in the eyes of the Mito Foundation. She has been named in the top 30 individual achievers for the Bloody Long Virtual Walk after raising more than $1700 for Australians living with mitochondrial disease. The event challenged participants to walk or run 35km during August 1-10 to raise…
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Sacred Heart College student tests positive for COVID-19
Local health services have confirmed that a student at Sacred Heart College in Kyneton has tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19). The student was at school until last Thursday and was tested last Saturday. The student also travelled to and from Kyneton High School on Friday to access a work placement. In a letter sent to…
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Increase in cases linked to Don KR
Don KR’s Castlemaine factory remains temporarily closed with the company confirming six cases of coronavirus linked to the site as of yesterday. “We have six employees from our Castlemaine production facility that have been confirmed to us as tested positive for COVID-19,” the company said in a statement provided to the Midland Express yesterday. “The…
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Four COVID cases linked to MYJC
Four Department of Education employees working at the Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre have now returned positive tests for COVID-19. A spokesperson from the Department of Justice and Community Safety said the department would continue to work with the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services to minimise any potential risks for…