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Bendigo Health COVID clinic staff remember past three years while preparing for closure

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Bendigo Advertiser, December 29 2022: Bendigo Health’s COVID-screening clinic has probably carried out close to a million tests over its three years of operation, nurse unit manager Veronica Steegs thinks, although it is impossible to know for certain. Staff have carried out 624,000 tests since January 2021 but due to a change of systems, data … Continue reading →

Footballer saved by off-duty nurse after Lake Weeroona heart attack

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Sean O’Farrell saved by Bendigo Health nurse Bec Fawcett after Lake Weeroona heart attack Bendigo Health emergency nurse Bec Fawcett was overcome with emotion when asked about the man whose life she saved at Lake Weeroona last month. Sean O’Farrell, who had a heart attack after a Saturday morning footy training session, is just 22. … Continue reading →