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The uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in our community has been simply wonderful. Thank you to everyone for protecting themselves and each other and to achieving a local vaccination rate well above the state and national average. The Timboon Clinic has been extremely busy and continues to take...
In this video, our CEO Rebecca Van Wollingen sits down for a chat with Community Engagement Officer Sabine McKenzie to discuss all things COVID-19. They discuss our community's first COVID-19 case, the mass testing that was conducted in the ensuing days, ongoing communiy testing, vaccine availability...
The thunderstorm season is always a concern for asthma sufferers like Kathryn Geddes, but this year she said she’d be keeping an even closer eye on the weather forecast. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, there is a greater risk of an Epidemic...
We will conduct our third mass community COVID-19 testing day today (Wednesday, October 27), after more than 200 swabs were taken last week. The health service conducted two full days of drive through testing last Wednesday and Thursday for both symptomatic and asymptomatic community members. Chief executive...
TDHS continues to put the spotlight on our wonderful health and care workers in 2021 giving you the opportunity to get to know more of our “Champions of Change” who work at our healthcare service working together for a healthy community. This month, our new video...
The late Dr Peter Fox had nagged Barb Dickinson to get a mammogram for years, but the fear of knowing she might suffer the same fate as her mother was too much to bear. “It was always in the back of my mind that if mum...
A big thank you and well done to our wonderful community for its collective turnout to our mass COVID-19 testing thus far. We have processed nearly 150 swabs since 9am this morning. Please remember that all community members, whether you are symptomatic or asymptomatic, are invited to...
Tomorrow and Thursday between 9am and 4pm community members who are symptomatic and asymptomatic will be able to get tested in their cars, by attending our main hospital entrance. Traffic controllers will be onsite to direct drivers where to go. As we continue to learn to live...
Being a full-time carer is a labor of love for Shirley Blain, but she’s the first to admit the constant nature of the job can wear her down and impact her own health. Mrs Blain agreed to share her story this week to help mark National...
Photo Caption: TOPs committee members Barbara Fraser and Louise Blair are all smiles about donating to Timboon and District Healthcare Service’s 2021 Annual Appeal for a Community Bus. Community donations of various pre-loved wares to the Timboon Op Shop (TOPs) have helped raise a further $5000...