Category: Oncology & Dialysis

Ash strides to fundraising goal, and gets a little extra help

BRHS Prostate Cancer specialist Nurse Ashley Leach raised more than $1,600 by walking 72km during Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, and recently received a generous top-up from the St Mary’s Op Shop in Bairnsdale. St Mary’s Op Shop has donated a further $1,000 to the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia,

Carole-Anne’s warm glow from volunteer job done well

Volunteering with Bairnsdale Regional Health Services helps Carole-Anne Hock contribute to her community. Carole-Anne – a former chef, East Gippsland TAFE hospitality trainer and business owner – has been a volunteer at BRHS for eight years. Her roles include clerical and administration work in the hospital’s Oncology and Dialysis

Freemasons donate ‘treasured’ chest to Oncology Unit

East Gippsland Freemasons Victoria members have donated more than $21,000 to Bairnsdale Regional Health Service’s Oncology Unit for new equipment to improve staff skills and enhance patient care. The donation of $21,203.60 has allowed BRHS to buy a new IntelliVue wireless portable cardiac monitor, a Laerdal Medical Chester Chest

Pharmacist Zoe expands her horizons with BRHS

BRHS pharmacist Zoe Chin has travelled from Malaysia and across Australia to call East Gippsland home – and she’s found a flexible and fulfilling career with Bairnsdale Regional Health Service. Zoe began her pharmacy studies at the International Medical University in Kuala Lumpur in 2012, transferring to the University