Castlemaine Health
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Hospital power down
Castlemaine Hospital was hit by a power outage last Wednesday after which the facility’s backup generators failed. The incident resulted in a blackout of about an hour, with some patients turned away at the door and some staff sent home. Dhelkaya Health CEO Sue Race said a component fault occurred during a scheduled generator test…
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Art with heart
Grade three/four students at St Mary’s Primary School Castlemaine have been working on an art collaboration with Castlemaine Health this term. The students have worked enthusiastically over recent weeks to plan, design and create these bright and inspiring artworks that will be displayed within the hospital waiting areas. They are sure to brighten up the…
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Inclusive and fun
A social group for transgender, gender diverse and non-binary people is meeting again next Monday, February 21, in Kyneton. The organisers of Trans and Gender Diverse Central Vic are keen to strengthen and increase the size of the group and look forward to planning more gatherings and activities in person as the year unfolds. The…
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Nudge kids to eat well
All kids deserve access to healthy and delicious food in places where they learn and play. Vic Kids Eat Well is an exciting new state-wide movement focused on boosting healthy food and drink options in the places kids spend their time, including schools, outside school hours care, sports clubs, recreation facilities, council-operated facilities and more.…
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COVID test clinic shifts
While more than 95 per cent of eligible people living in Castlemaine have now been double vaxxed, the town’s newly relocated COVID testing clinic is experiencing strong demand for testing, particularly from people who’ve attended exposure sites. The drive-through clinic last week shifted from where it had been operating in Mostyn Street to the McGrath…
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Jabs in younger arms
Children as young as 12 have begun receiving their COVID-19 vaccinations in Castlemaine with the town’s local GP clinics now all stocking Pfizer as well as AstraZeneca vaccine. A spokesperson for Castlemaine Health said their staff had begun giving jabs to 12-15-year-olds from last Monday. “There is a huge demand for vaccination from this newly…
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Vaccine confidence booster
As demand to get the jab at Castlemaine Health’s coronavirus vaccination clinics has continued to grow in recent days, so too has confidence in vaccine supply say frontline health professionals administering the local rollout. While it’s been hard to miss the national criticism around the federal government’s role in facilitating adequate supply of – particularly…
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Maternity service a step closer
Castlemaine Health is a step closer to resuming maternity services with the announcement of the hospital’s new collaborative model of care. Women will be able to access locally-based maternity care via three distinct pathways under the new model. To receive care at Castlemaine Health, women will be able to self-refer or have their general practitioner…
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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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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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Teachers take the test
Castlemaine health services combined forces last week to undertake a mass COVID-19 screening of teachers and school staff from across Mount Alexander Shire. The state government introduced a voluntary testing scheme offering all Victorian public, independent and private school staff who were asymptotic the opportunity to be tested between May 13 and May 31. Castlemaine…
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Pen pals multiply
The Pen Pal Project launched by the Rotary Club of Castlemaine last month has taken off! Another 25 letter writers joined the initiative aimed at sending cards and letters to residents at Castlemaine Health’s aged-care facilities since the article appeared in our sister paper the Castlemaine Mail a fortnight ago. Pen Pal Project coordinator Kerry Anderson said…