ACT Budget: $112 million for Canberra Hospital to boost ED and cut surgery...
The ACT Government will pour $112 million into frontline services at the Canberra Hospital in a bid to meet increasing demand, especially during the flu-ridden winter months, and make a dent in the...
View ArticleCanberra Hospital pool closing with new hydrotherapy facility set to open in...
The hydrotherapy pool at Canberra Hospital will close in July to make way for a new facility at the University of Canberra Hospital in Bruce. Minister for Health and Wellbeing Meegan Fitzharris said...
View ArticleCanberra Brick Expo raise $60k for Centenary Hospital
LEGO enthusiasts Brick Expo have donated $60,000 to the Centenary Hospital on Wednesday morning (13 June) with Labor MLA Chris Steel receiving the cheque from the Chair of the Brick Expo organising...
View ArticleCanberra Hospital Foundation a fundraising dynamo for patient wellbeing
Since 2011, the Canberra Hospital Foundation (CHF) has raised more than $8 million to enhance ‘the hospital experience for patients and their families in the Canberra region’. Last year the CHF raised...
View ArticleFoundation offers heartfelt thanks to outstanding Canberra women
Being an independent director on the National Heart Foundation board has been ‘out of this world’ for Meyer Vandenberg Lawyers partner Alice Tay. One of 12 outstanding Canberra women to receive Heart...
View ArticlePolice establish strike force after violent Jindabyne assault
Police have established a special strike-force in response to a violent assault in the Snowy Mountains last week and renewed their appeal for information from the public. As previously reported, at...
View ArticleDeaths drive cyclists to promote road rules to address confusion and ease...
Cyclists in the Canberra region have been shaken by two recent road incidents, including one that resulted in the death of a 72-year-old man. Police are still investigating the circumstances...
View ArticleParts of Canberra Hospital ED closed tonight after shots fired
A place Canberrans turn to in times of need and crises has been plunged into its own emergency today. At about 4 pm this afternoon (July 18) a 26-year-old man charged with serious traffic offences...
View ArticleMan charged with attempted murder after hospital shooting
A 26-year-old Chisholm man will today face the ACT Magistrates Court charged with a raft of offences, including two counts of attempted murder, following an incident at the Canberra Hospital yesterday...
View ArticleACT Health to spend $4.75 million on technology to unblock hospital
ACT Health will spend $4.75 million on Electronic Patient Journey Boards at two of the Territory’s public hospitals as part of moves to unblock patient flows, and improve efficiencies and patient care....
View ArticleGovernment hoping $2.6 million Calvary maternity upgrade will relieve...
The Government is hoping Calvary Hospital’s newly refurbished maternity ward will relieve pressure on the Centenary Hospital for Women and Children by keeping more women on the Northside to have their...
View ArticleFather dies after vehicle explosion in school car park
A father has died in hospital from injuries suffered in a vehicle explosion in a school car park in Conder on Thursday afternoon (2 August). Police and WorkSafe are investigating the explosion which...
View ArticleDriver taken to hospital after car and truck collide in Gungahlin
A driver has been pulled out from the wreckage of their car and transported to the Canberra Hospital after a car and truck collided in Gungahlin. Around midday on Monday (6 August), ACT Fire &...
View ArticleElderly couple with health conditions contract norovirus visiting a friend at...
An elderly couple who believe they contracted the highly contagious norovirus when visiting a 97-year-old friend at Canberra Hospital are concerned that they were not warned about visiting or asked to...
View ArticleTwo pilots taken to hospital after emergency landing at Canberra Airport last...
Two pilots were taken to Canberra Hospital late last night after a Qantas plane made an emergency landing at Canberra Airport. Police and emergency services responded to a request for assistance at...
View ArticleMan suffers life-threatening injuries after crashing into a tree in Campbell
A man in his 20s suffered life-threatening injuries after his vehicle ran into a tree in Campbell earlier this afternoon (August 18). At 1.38 pm ACT Fire & Rescue and ACT Ambulance Service...
View ArticleCase of the potentially deadly meningococcal disease contracted in the ACT
A case of the potentially deadly meningococcal disease has been contracted in the ACT with a teenage girl admitted to Canberra Hospital with the condition over the weekend. ACT Health has been notified...
View ArticleCanberra Hospital re-accredited for three years after governance and safety...
ACT Health, including the Canberra Hospital, has been re-accredited for a further three years after action was taken to remedy dozens of shortcomings identified by the Australian Council on Healthcare...
View ArticleHave you seen this car? Police looking for blue Peugeot involved in hit and run
Police are looking for a blue Peugeot involved in a hit and run on Hindmarsh Drive on Thursday 26 July. Around 11 am, a dark blue 2001 model Peugeot 206 hatchback, with ACT registration YEX93K, drove...
View ArticleNew Canberra health heads announced as troubled system splits into two
The ACT’s troubled health system will be split into two next month with the heads of each organisation announced today and the ACT Government banking on the change helping to resolve the problems that...
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