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Cobar Hospital Auxiliary
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Patient comfort
Cobar Health Service staff Karen Manns and Brenda Fugar with one of two new recliners that have been donated to the hospital by the Cobar Hospital Auxiliary for the comfort of patients. ▪ Photo contributed
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Hospital Auxiliary emerges from COVID break to raise funds
With strict COVID-19 restrictions placed on visitors and volunteers in hospitals, the Cobar Hospital Auxiliary committee has been forced into recess for some months. The volunteer group, which meets monthly to plan fundraising activities, has the aim of raising funds to purchase additional items for the hospital to make patients’ […]
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Hospital Auxiliary welcomes their regional representative
The executive of the Cobar Hospital Auxiliary committee remains relatively unchanged for the year ahead following the group’s annual general meeting at the Cobar Hospital on Monday. Sharon Harland was returned to the president’s chair along with the group’s long serving secretary Beryl Martin and treasurer Barbara Bartlett. Merredene Cantwell […]
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Community joins school to mark National Reconciliation Week
Cobar High School (CHS) hosted a special morning tea at the school on Monday as part of the school’s activities to commemorate National Sorry Day and National Reconciliation Week. CHS’s Aboriginal coordinator Paige Jermyn and teacher Cassandra Best told the visitors the school aims to create a greater cultural presence […]
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Local volunteer recognised for years of service to hospital
Lesley Fryer, who has been a member of the Cobar Hospital Auxiliary for more than 30 years, has been honoured with Life Membership of the United Hospital Auxiliaries (UHA) of NSW. Life Membership is the highest honour that can be bestowed on a UHA member. Since 1953 only a handful […]
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Plans unveiled for new health service
The Western NSW Local Health District (LHD) will take the feedback they received from a series of meetings held in Cobar last week to help them ‘tweak’ the design plans for Cobar’s proposed new health service. Staff at Cobar Hospital and the Lilliane Brady Village (LBV), members of the Cobar […]