Month: September 2024

Complex care all in a day’s work for nurse Kate

For East Gippsland resident Nicole, an encounter with Bairnsdale Regional Health Service Complex Care Nurse Consultant Kate Smith was life-changing. Nicole’s health had deteriorated since moving to our region. She consulted her Melbourne GP via phone but had no GP in Gippsland. She became badly overweight, retaining a great

Maddocks Gardens celebrates a major aged care milestone

Bairnsdale Regional Health Service’s Maddocks Gardens residential aged care facility recently celebrated its 20th anniversary in style. More than 100 residents, guests and staff gathered at the 90-bed home to toast the anniversary of BRHS’ aged care operations officially transferring to Maddocks Gardens from its former facility at nearby

Nurse Ashley takes The Long Run to beat prostate cancer

It’s the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the local community, and now Bairnsdale Regional Health Service specialist nurse Ashley Leach is leading the charge to help save lives by taking on 72 kilometres of running during September for Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. During September, supporters of the Prostate Cancer