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COLERAINE BREAKS THE SILENCE AROUND VIOLENCE - Coleraine Football Club to host White Ribbon Round
	30-6-2017 Media Release from White Ribbon Australia		Read more

Knitted bowel a conversation starter
	19-6-2017 A giant knitted bowel weighing over 30kg and complete with polyps, haemorrhoids and diverticula pouches, is on display at Hamilton Base Hospital during Bowel Cancer Awareness Month. Western District Health Service (WDHS) is partnering with the Woolly West Fest to exhibit the bowel in Hamilton and surrounding areas over the coming weeks.		Read more

Incontinence ‘no laughing matter’
	14-6-2017 WDHS Continence Nurses, Sara Derksen and Jess McLeod hope to increase awareness of the support services available during World Continence Week Incontinence is ‘no laughing matter’ and to highlight ‘World Continence Week’ 19-25 June, Western District Health Service (WDHS) is raising awareness about where to seek help and how to manage and treat symptoms.		Read more

Celebrating the joys of reading
	27-5-2017 Children from the Hamilton and Alexandra College Junior School, L-R / front to back - Sophie Paton (Year 5), Yolanda O’Sullivan (Prep), Amelie Shrive (Year One), Amelia Bradbeer (Year Two), Sybil Fleetwood (Year 5), Olivia Mann (Year 5) with Ben Vallance (Year 5) read to Birches resident Dorothy Eagles as part of the 2017 National Simultaneous Storytime Activity		Read more

Embroidery piece a labour of love
	15-5-2017 L-R Front: Rohan Fitzgerald, Carmel Schlaghecke, Jill Wilson Back row: Heather Funk, Angela Heyne, Robyn Starling, Kerry Mortimer & Robyn Bellchambers A beautiful surface embroidery work donated by the Hamilton Embroidery Guidance Group is currently on display in the entrance hallway at Hamilton Base Hospital.		Read more

International Nurses Day
	13-5-2017 Hamilton Spectator article, Saturday May 13		Read more

Hospital door knockers prepare to hit the streets
	13-5-2017 From left are, Penshurst volunteer Gwen Rentsch, Monivae students Jason Linke (Year 11), Ruby Kelly (Year 7), Harry McGinley (Year 11), Mairead Kelly (Year 10), Tobi Cook (Year 11), and WDHS Director of Nursing Manager Coleraine, Bronwyn Roberts.		Read more

Skate event proves a hit
	11-5-2017 Hamilton Spectator article, Thursday May 11, Brendan Bunworth Photo - Lara Fitzpatrick (Click photo to enlarge print)		Read more

Midwives celebrated
,	9-5-2017 Hamilton Spectator article, Tara Fry - Tuesday 9 May (Click on images to enlarge)		Read more

Handbury Lecture - Bionics expert to speak
	4-5-2017 Director of Melbourne’s Bionic Institute, Professor Robert Shepherd, to speak at the 18^th Annual Handbury Lecture Guest Speaker at this year’s Handbury Lecture on May 16 is head of Melbourne’s internationally renowned Bionics Institute, Professor Robert Shepherd.		Read more

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