$420,000 – Wimmera Cancer Centre Project ($70,000 pledged in 2019/20 financial year)
$128,000 – Two endobase camera stack systems for theatre department
$72,600 – Ultrasound machine for Maternity Outpatients Clinic
$60,000 – Two birthing beds for Yandilla maternity unit
$65,000 – Ultrasound equipment for theatre and emergency department
$50,000 – Rotary House
$50,000 – Breast cancer surgical equipment
$42,000 – Theatre tracking equipment system
$40,000 – Kurrajong Lodge
$33,500 – Cardiac Exercise Stress Test Machine for Alan Wolff Medical Centre
$30,000 – Wall desks in Oxley and Yandilla wards
$30,000 – Adult Rehabilitation Garden
$23,000 – Colposcope for diagnosis and treatment of cervical cancer
$22,000 – Three Hysteroscopes and Sheaths for surgical team
$15,000 – Paediatric Rehabilitation Garden
$13,000 – Patient lifter for Dimboola Hospital
$9,000 – Patient trolley and mobile defibrillator (Dimboola campus)
$5,000 and under – Various projects
Grampians Health Horsham Emergency Department’s medical team now have the capacity to capture images of eye injuries and transfer them directly to specialists, thanks to a community donation. Wimmera Health Care Group Foundation has donated $46,000 to purchase the high-quality Swiss-made examination microscope or ‘slit-lamp’. The device provides a 3D high magnification view of the eye. ED Head of Unit Dr Peter Carter said the new slit lamp replaced a 20-year-old device that couldn’t display images or save them. “This…
Wimmera Base Hospital’s newest neonatal ventilation unit has provided an important change for Grampians Health midwives with maternity teams. Wimmera Health Care Group Foundation purchased the Drager ventilation unit for the Yandilla ward as part of a $115,000 donation made earlier this year. Yandilla Nurse Unit Manager Michelle Coutts said a lot of background research was done prior to purchasing the Drager unit. “The Drager unit has better functionality and a better interactive screen than the previous unit but more…
The purchase of a new bladder scanner will improve the comfort of rehabilitating patients at Grampians Health Horsham. WHCG Foundation has provided the bladder scanner which is a portable ultrasound device that allows a non-invasive method of measuring the volume of urine in the bladder. The device can also be used to assess a patient’s ability to empty their bladder and help diagnose conditions like urinary retention. Wyuna Nurse Unit Manager Kerri Chamberlain was very thankful to the foundation for…
Wimmera heart patients can now measure the performance and capacity of their heart, lungs and blood vessels without having to travel to Ballarat for specialist services. Wimmera Health Care Group Foundation has donated a $33,600 Exercise Stress Test Device to the Alan Wolff Medical Centre so Wimmera patients can be tested in Horsham. Grampians Health cardiologist Dr Rajiv Ananthakrishna said the donation would make a big difference for his patients. “I started providing cardiology services in Horsham just over a…
Three new hysteroscopes and sheaths will ensure a clearer picture for Grampians Health Horsham’s surgical teams investigating problems within the uterus or womb. Wimmera Health Care Group Foundation purchased the equipment valued at $22,000 to replace the old devices, two of which were in use for more than a quarter of a decade. A hysteroscopy is a procedure using a small camera to look inside the uterus or womb. It is used to diagnose or treat problems with the uterus.…
The region’s expectant mothers will now have access to a quick and easy assessment of their developing infant without the need to visit the hospital. Thanks to the generosity of the Wimmera Health Care Group Foundation, babies can be assessed off campus at Grampians Health Maternity Outpatients Clinic, using the clinic’s brand new ultrasound. Foundation director Sue Frankham said the Foundation bought the $76,600 machine for the clinic at McLachlan Street after it learned it was operating without one. “Expectant…
A very generous donation from Wimmera Heath Care Group Foundation has supported Grampians Health Horsham to upgrade the birthing beds in Yandilla maternity unit. Yandilla nurse unit manager and midwife Michelle Coutts said the $60,000 upgrade was an important one for the birthing unit because the previous beds had been in use for around a decade. “The new beds are fully electronic with a retractable foot section that removes the occupational health and safety risk associated with the previous beds,”…
The WHCG Foundation has purchased an Arjo patient lifter with scales for Dimboola hospital. The $13,000 patient lifter with scales will benefit all residents (26 aged care residents and four acute patients) of the facility. The remote-controlled lifter enables team members to transfer residents from bed to chair, chair to bed, allowing residents who have difficulty moving to be more mobile around the facility and within the community. Without a lifting machine, residents are unable to be transferred safely. The…
The demanding workload for our Grampians Health surgery team at Horsham will be lessened with the purchase of new Endobase camera stack systems. Wimmera Health Care Group Foundation purchased a $64,000 Endobase system to replace the previous system which was more than 12 years old. Now the Foundation has committed to upgrading a second camera stack system at a further cost of $64,000. Endobase is an integrated IT system that records and documents all endoscopy information in the one database.…
Foundation’s Ultrasound Machines Provide Relief. The generous donation of two new portable ultrasound machines will make treating patients a lot easier for Wimmera Health Care Group’s surgical and emergency nurses. The WHCG Foundation donated the two machines to perform specific duties. WHCG Operations Director Acute Maree Markby said each ultrasound device had a probe specific to tasks in its department. “The machine in Emergency Department will mainly be used for locating veins,” Ms Markby said. “Sometimes people in a trauma…