Month: April 2024

BRHS Planned Activity Group’s hand-made Anzac Day salute

Members of Bairnsdale Regional Health Service’s Planned Activity Group have put together an Anzac Day tribute with a very personal touch. The Planned Activity Group meets each weekday at BRHS’ Ross Street campus to share time and friendship in pursuit of a joint activity, with a different group of

BRHS ‘baby-friendly’ accreditation renewed

Following months of intensive work, Bairnsdale Regional Health Service Maternity Unit has successfully renewed its Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative accreditation with the Australian College of Midwives. The accreditation, which BRHS Maternity Unit has held since 1999, has been renewed until March 2027. The Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative aims to

Anzac Day: the tragic story of a Bairnsdale nurse

Today, on Anzac Day, we salute the many, many thousands of East Gippsland people who served Australia during times of conflict. We salute those who paid the ultimate price so far from home, and those who returned to Australia – some safe and well, others with wounds that brought

Vic Health Minister meets BRHS staff on hospital tour

Victorian Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas has toured Bairnsdale Regional Health Service as part of a visit to East Gippsland on Thursday. Ms Thomas was greeted by BRHS Board Chair Chris Barry, Deputy Chair Sandy Leggatt and Executive Acute Services/Chief Nurse and Midwife Maree Fellows. She toured the BRHS Emergency