Health

More rural Victorian women will get even better access to maternity services close to home thanks to a $1.49 million Brumby Government funding boost.

Works are well underway on the $2.5 million redevelopment of Dunmunkle Health Services in Murtoa.

The opening today of a 108-bed residential aged care facility in Grovedale completes a $99 million Brumby Government pledge to boost the area’s health and aged care, Senior Victorians Minister Lisa Neville said today.

Sale and Bairnsdale hospitals will play a key role in helping give on-the-job experience to the new generation of doctors being trained in Gippsland.

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.