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COVID testing clinic opens in Kununurra

WEBThe third dedicated COVID clinic in regional WA has opened in Kununurra to boost mandatory testing for essential travellers crossing the Northern Territory border.

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Gong for TV series The Kimberley Echo

WEBA television series featuring East Kimberley Indigenous men has won a national award for its contribution to men’s health. Australian film and television personality Ernie Dingo’s …

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New collaboration to boost East Kimberley disability and aged …

WEBDozens of health, education and employment groups have joined forces to form a new advisory group to address workforce shortages and boost local employment …

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MUSTER OFFICIALLY AXED The Kimberley Echo

WEBA highly-anticipated festival in WA’s far north has been cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This afternoon Ord Valley Events Inc confirmed the region’s worst fears, …

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Language to be no barrier for accessing HIV support

WEBPeople from multicultural communities living with HIV will have better access to educational resources as part of a plan to improve their quality of life.

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Kununurra health workers first to receive East Kimberley COVID-19

WEBThe East Kimberley’s COVID-19 vaccination program commenced on Monday when the WA Country Health Service administered about 20 AstraZeneca …

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Art show highlights mental wellbeing The Kimberley Echo

WEBThe Kimberley region celebrated art which showcases the importance of raising awareness of mental health for Mental Health Week recently. Boab Health …

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Culture the key to Kununurra Strong Women’s program

WEBThe Strong Women’s group runs four days a week, with each day dedicated to a specific theme including personal development, emotional and social wellbeing, …

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Service defends axing of hospital GP appointments

WEBWA Country Health Service has defended a decision to cease offering doctors appointments at Kununurra Hospital after the move came under heavy public …

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Wunun Health GP Stephanie Trust said more support services …

WEBAlcoholics put on the banned drinkers register may end up in the emergency department with withdrawals or turn to sly groggers because of a lack of support …

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Deadly Diva Day turns full circle for new facilitator

WEBDeadly Diva Day turns full circle for new facilitator. Over 60 girls from across the East Kimberley participated in Deadly Diva Day. An empowering workshop for local …

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WA Country Health Service cuts Wyndham Hospital opening hours …

WEBThe Western Australian Country Health Service has reduced opening hours at Wyndham Hospital as it deals with a critical nursing shortage. From Monday, the …

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Big messages shared on day The Kimberley Echo

WEBEast Kimberley College students marked R U OK? Day 2020 on September 18 Credit: Danny Carter. The students also participated in a quiz which reinforced how …

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Visiting doctors raise money for VR headsets for child patients at …

WEBGetting a child to receive an injection can sometimes be difficult and distressing for everyone. And it can be even tougher for staff at the Ord Valley Aboriginal …

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Midwifery in crisis across Kimberley The Kimberley Echo

WEB“When the Liberal National Government was in office there were more midwifery vacancies and some birthing services were reduced,” he said. “In 2012, there …

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‘Virtual’ ED for nursing home residents is medical apartheid

WEBWA Health’s new initiative to have an expensive virtual ED for elderly nursing home patients will, unfortunately, be as useful as last week’s Lotto numbers.

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Millions to be spent on research into long COVID

WEBThe federal government will inject $50 million into long COVID research as a committee outlined plans for a national database of the virus.

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Coronavirus crisis: United States clocks up shocking million daily

WEBThe United States has set a global record of almost a million new coronavirus infections in a single reporting period, nearly double the country’s peak hit just a week …

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Amoebas infect Halls Creek swimming holes The Kimberley Echo

WEBRourke Walsh The Kimberley Echo. Wed, 13 April 2016 4:22AM. Rourke Walsh. Palm Springs is about a 30-minute drive from Halls Creek. Credit: Juliana …

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