Wyndham Council has welcomed significant funding for schools, roads and rail in today's State Budget. According to the Budget papers, funding has been.
Hampers were delivered to new mothers at Werribee Mercy Hospital today. Photo: Supplied 236777 01
Pacific Werribee has partnered with the Werribee Mercy Hospital to distribute gift packs to new mums, to help celebrate Mother’s Day.
Forty hampers were delivered to new mothers at the paediatrics ward and the Special Care Nursery unit today, in the lead-up to Mother’s Day. The packs included gifts for both mums and babies.
Pacific Werribee centre manager Patricia Gardiner acknowledged the importance of celebrating milestone events with the local community.
“It is important to stop and celebrate the positive things in our community. The birth of a child is beautiful and an extremely special time for new mothers, parents, and their families,” she said.
By Alesha Capone
A Point Cook man has called for an investigation after he waited more than 90 minutes for an ambulance and 75 minutes to be admitted to a hospital bed following a stroke in January.
Western Metropolitan MP Bernie Finn raised the incident in Parliament last month, after he was contacted by the stroke victim.
Star Weekly has spoken with the 71-year-old man, who has a history of heart attacks and has previously undergone a triple bypass.
The man, who asked to remain anonymous, said he was speaking to his son over the telephone on January 28, when he started to have difficulty talking.
By Alesha Capone
Residents at aged care homes in three Wyndham suburbs will be among the first in the country to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
According to the federal health department, phase 1a of the roll-out, which began this week, will start with aged care centres in 44 suburbs and towns in Victoria including Werribee, Hoppers Crossing and Point Cook.
Aged care homes in Altona Meadows, Ballarat, Cowes, Drouin, Lara and Delacombe have also been included in the first week of the roll out.
Hundreds of aged care residents, staff and people connected to Wyndham aged care home were diagnosed with the COVID-19 last year.
St Vincent’s Private Hospital Werribee is excited to have been working with the local community for three years.
Since opening in 2018, the purpose built facility has provided high-quality healthcare to almost 13,000 patients and performed more than 8000 surgical procedures.
The hospital has been designed and built to meet the pressing healthcare needs of Melbourne’s outer-western suburbs, becoming one of the region’s most modern acute care private hospitals.
St Vincent’s Private Hospital Werribee is conveniently located in the Hoppers Lane health precinct opposite the Werribee Mercy Hospital.
The hospital offers an extensive range of health services to help support the local community to access care closer to home.