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Tiana Richardson | PORTLAND District Health (PDH) has successfully introduced a new telemedicine system that links the hospital to experts around Australia. PDH can now access expert advice for most critical care patients at the flick of a switch. Within its first week of operation, the system has been successfully used to help a man injured in a car crash. The system, which includes a flat screen television, microphone over the patient’s bed and camera to allow interactive communication, was purchased with support … Continue reading 0 Comments
Tiana Richardson | A 25-YEAR-OLD Portland electrician was injured when a three kilogram object fell on his head from 15 metres while he was working inside a wind turbine at Macarthur on Friday. Jonno Foley, who was working with R.and M. Menzel Electrical … Continue reading 0 Comments
Bill Meldrum | SEVEN gigantic eel sculptures and more than 100 Aboriginal dancers have been mooted as possible attractions at next year’s Heywood Wood, Wine and Roses Festival. The two possibilities were part of a think tank public meeting held at Heywood by … Continue reading 0 Comments
Ross Moir | HOUSEHOLDS in south-west Victoria are being encouraged to install solar panels ahead of cuts to the Victorian Transitional Feed-in Tariff (TFiT) later this year. Keppel Prince Engineering is about to launch a new community solar project to help install solar … Continue reading 1 Comment
Ross Moir | PORTLAND WorkSkills now has 10 qualified volunteer English as a second language (ESL) tutors after a special training session on Thursday. Workskills taining manager Kathy Taylor said there was a need for ESL tutors in the Portland community, with immigrants … Continue reading
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