Local News

Emergency training for hospital staff

Dr David Lord Cowell from Dubbo Hospital visited Cobar Health Service as a part of the Emergency Medicine Education and Training (EMET) program earlier this month. The EMET program provides emergency medicine training to GPs and other medical and nursing staff working across rural and regional Australia. Launched in 2012, […]

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2016

Plans for new health facilities take another step forward

Memorandum of Understanding to incorporate the Lilliane Brady Village retirement home with Cobar’s proposed new multipurpose health service. The matter was discussed in the Committee of the Whole closed council meeting last Thursday with council agreeing to sign the Memorandum of Understanding with Health Administration Corporation and Western NSW Local […]

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Locals can learn about new MPS

Members of the public are invited to an information session tonight at the Cobar Memorial Services Club to find out what’s being planned for Cobar’s new Multipurpose Service (MPS) health facility. Staff from the Western NSW Local Health District (WNSWLHD) and Health Infrastructure who are working on the project will […]

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Cobar to get a visiting oncology service

Cobar will soon have a visiting oncology service which will save a number of local cancer patients having to travel for treatment. Oncologist Dr Florian Honeyball and his associates Dr Joe Gormally and nurse Kim Turley, were in Cobar yesterday for a meeting with Cobar Hospital and Cobar Community Health […]

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Local News

A job well done!

Bitumen paving contractor Fulton Hogan, with the assistance of Cobar Shire Council staff, last week carried out an extra job when they were in town to do road resealing work. After completing work on Murray and Green streets, the crew then donated their time and services to reseal the driveway […]