Health

A new telephone and public announcement system will be installed at the Peter James Centre thanks to a $190,000 Brumby Government funding boost.

More terminally ill Victorians will be able to stay at home with loved ones thanks to a $4 million funding boost to community palliative care.

Victorian Health Minister Daniel Andrews has welcomed the announcement of an additional 280 university places to train nurses from 2009.

A major milestone in the $8 million expansion of Maroondah Hospital in Ringwood East is complete with the opening of a refurbished inpatient ward.

Rural Victorians suffering from cardiac arrest will benefit from a multi-million dollar roll-out of new life-saving equipment in country ambulances.

Morwell residents are one step closer to even better local health services after Health Minister Daniel Andrews marked a major milestone in the development of the new $21 million Latrobe Community Health Service.

Maroondah residents have access to vital renal dialysis services closer to home with the opening of a new Renal Dialysis Unit at Maroondah Hospital.

An additional 500 farmers will get access to free health assessments and workshops as part of a Brumby Government commitment to farmer health.