Buninyong Primary School students donate to BRICC cancer research
We were excited to welcome some very special visitors to BRICC recently – Mia and Sophie from Buninyong Primary School. The girls have put in a mammoth effort to raise $517.55 towards cancer research at BRICC, after Mia recently lost her Pa to cancer, and Sophie’s Nan beat cancer a few years ago.
The girls took it upon themselves to purchase three teddy bears and invite everyone they could to make a donation and suggest a name for the teddies. The winning names were drawn at school assembly – Lilly, Nick and Giraffe!
The girls donated their hard earned funds to BRICC for cancer research, and donated Lilly, Nick and Giraffe to the Ballarat Teddy Bear Hospital held at BHS on Monday 23rd September.
A big thank you to Mia, Sophie and their families, Buninyong Primary School, Hocking Stuart Ballarat and the Buninyong community for their support.
Teddy Bear Hospital a hit!
On Monday 23rd September, 648 children, carers and teddies flooded into the Ballarat Teddy Bear Hospital, hosted by medical, nursing and allied health students from Deakin University, The University of Melbourne, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Australian Catholic University (ACU) and Federation University Australia.
The Teddy Bear Hospital helps children become familiar with medical staff, equipment and terminology in a non-threatening environment, increasing their confidence if they ever have to attend hospital for themselves, or for a friend or relative.
Additionally, the teddy consultations promote healthy lifestyle choices such as good nutrition, regular exercise and good sleep habits, and encourage healthy behaviours in the community.
All proceeds from the event will be donated to the Ballarat Health Services Children’s Ward.
State-Wide Equipment Program (SWEP) seeking volunteers
The State-Wide Equipment Program (SWEP) is seeking volunteers to share their voice in shaping our services. SWEP wants to hear what you think - your voice helps to make sure that our services are right for the community.
Visit the SWEP website for more information.
Maternity Unit Appeal
Our Maternity Unit needs to be the best place for births and babies.
You are invited to join with us to help provide an environment that is both comfortable and safe for mothers and babies. A maternity unit where our team can deliver the very best in patient centred care, and is at the forefront of new developments.
To access all wards and clinics, you can enter the hospital via:
The Drummond Street entrance, and take the purple lifts (for the surgical ward take the gold lifts)
The Mair Street car park entrance (adjacent to Radiology) and take the purple lifts
The Sturt Street entrance, take the blue lift to level one and follow the red line to the purple lifts
Patient drop off zones are available at Drummond Street, in the Mair Street carpark and outside the Sturt Street entry.
For access to the Ballarat Regional Integrated Cancer Centre, Pharmacy, Dialysis and Ballarat Consulting Suites, use the Sturt Street entrance. Entry to the Emergency Department is from Mair Street.
New Website Coming Soon!
We are in the process of building a new Ballarat Health Services website which will be modern, fresh and above all, consumer friendly!
You will easily be able to access all of the information you need about coming to BHS and using our services.
All will be revealed in due course – watch this space!
