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The second annual Cancer Wellness Raffle, run in partnership between Grampians Health Ballarat and Barry Plant Real Estate, has smashed through last year’s total, raising over $21,000 for the Cancer Wellness Centre at the Ballarat Regional Integrated Cancer Centre (BRICC).

Continuing an annual tradition of giving back to the community, staff members at Grampians Health Ballarat’s Paediatrics ward spread some festive cheer by presenting a Christmas hamper to a local family.

Every Christmas, staff in the Special Care Nursery at Grampians Health Ballarat look forward to decorating the unit to make it special for the hospital’s smallest patients. This year, nurses and midwives at the Special Care Nursery were inspired by a generous donation they had received in the past.

Construction of the third stage of Ballarat’s biggest infrastructure project - the $595.6 million Ballarat Base Hospital Redevelopment – is set to commence later this year.

We warmly welcome our dedicated volunteers back to their relevant programs right across Grampians Health.

Volunteer Services hosted a Christmas event in Lederman Hall to thank Ballarat volunteers for their ongoing contribution to our health service.

Grampians Health’s medical oncology specialist Dr Wasek Faisal has been awarded a Fellowship from the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

The $595.6 million Ballarat Base Hospital Redevelopment has achieved a significant milestone with the first building reaching its full height, marking the completion of its concrete structure.

A group of dynamic women is at the forefront of Ballarat's biggest infrastructure initiative, leading the charge in driving the construction of the project.

The Maternity and Paediatrics wards at Grampians Health Ballarat Base Hospital are going to receive two new ultrasound-guided cannulation devices, thanks to the Annual Adroit Insurance & Risk Charity Golf Day.

For the past year, the Ballarat Base Hospital Trained Nurses League Good Samaritan Fund (the Sam Fund) has been making an impact on the lives of people within our community.

Grampians Health has joined an international trial conducted by teams at Auckland University, the Liggins Institute and the University of Melbourne which asks the question: "Can we safely reduce the risk of breathing problems for newborn babies by giving corticosteroid injections to their mother before a planned caesarean section?"

Grampians Health’s Support Services team plays an integral role in keeping our health services and others running, laundering 4,673,439 items of linen each year which equates to 4,207 tonnes or about 1000 adult elephants.

This ANZAC Day echoes deeply with Rachel Fishlock, Acting Director Primary and Community Care at Grampians Health. Earlier this year, Rachel was honoured to be selected as a recipient of the esteemed Bullwinkel Scholars Program by the Australian College of Nursing (ACN).

Grampians Health’s new Early Parenting Centre will provide specialist care closer to home for parents needing support with sleep and settling, child behaviour and parent and child health and wellbeing from mid-May.

Grampians Health hosted a thank-you event to acknowledge the efforts of the Velorats and the Ballarat Health Services Foundation who have raised over $88,000 to support Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. The event was held in front of the Mental Health Service on Sturt St, Ballarat on 2 May 2024.

Grampians Health Ballarat launched its ‘Give local, for better care, close to home’ Tax Appeal at Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory at Ballarat Base Hospital, Thursday 16 May, 10am. The appeal is supporting the purchase of the highest-need medical equipment across the services it provides.

May 20 is International Clinical Trials Day, and it is widely recognised as the day the first clinical trial was conducted in 1747 by James Lind on the HMS Salisbury of how to prevent scurvy.

Grampians Health volunteers proudly offer assistance to community by being involved in our volunteer programs, operating right across the hospital.

Our wonderful Grampians Health volunteers offer care and support right across the health care service.