Monthly Archives: June 2017

Central Gippsland Health is undertaking the largest solar project on any health service in eastern Victoria. CGH Director of Support Services, Jon Millar, said the 1140 solar panels on the roof of the main administration building, linen service and Wilson … Continue reading →

Don’t throw out those old socks, scarves and beanies … they can be put to good use.  CGH Radiographer Teresa Roberts wants them.  Teresa thanked everyone at CGH who donated socials towards the second Shepherd’s Australia Sock Drive to help … Continue reading →

Registering on the Australian Organ Donor Register is important because it leaves your family in no doubt of your decision to become a donor. Registration matters.  In 2016, 88 per cent of families agreed to donation proceeding where their family … Continue reading →

Pictured above (from left) are Kim Costin, Denise McInnes, Caitlin Walker, Emma Masters and Linda Glover.   CGH Midwife, Caitlin Walker, has been honoured by the Australian College of Midwives Gippsland Branch.  The branch has presented Caitlin with the Midwife … Continue reading →

 The CGH Dialysis Unit will celebrate 21 years of operation with a dinner at Sporting Legends in Sale on 26 August. The unit opened in 1996 at the end of the medical ward, with one chair, one patient and three … Continue reading →

 Central Gippsland Health’s CCU was acknowledged at the second annual Critical Care Clinical Network (CCCN) forum in Melbourne for its MET Quality Improvement Project. Courtney Redaelli represented CGH at the conference which attracted participants from throughout Victoria and interstate. CCCN … Continue reading →

CCU now has a small courtyard attached to the unit, thanks to everyone who supported its fundraising for the project.  Jenny Dennett said the area had not been used for many years due to safety concerns regarding the railing.  “It … Continue reading →

Spread the word to friends and former colleagues on our 150th Anniversary celebrations on Saturday 19 August. The ‘Back To’ event will include a community celebration at the Sale Hospital from 11am-2pm and then a Sesquicentennial Gala Ball in Garnsey … Continue reading →

 Sale’s Ann Synan has the perfect qualifications to write a history book on the Sale Hospital … she’s a former nurse and a local historian.  Ann co-wrote ‘Two Turrets and a Dome: a history of the Gippsland Base Hospital, 1860s … Continue reading →