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Read the latest from Mercy Health, including what we’re doing in the community, information on general health developments, and other news from around our organisation.

Mercy Hospital for Women supports Little Blue Towels

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Mercy Hospital for Women is proud to support the Little Blue Towels initiative by recycling single use hospital towels in Heidelberg. It’s estimated hundreds of thousands of blue cotton towels are used by hospital theatre staff throughout Australia each year to dry their hands after scrubbing up with disinfectant prior to surgery. Little Blue Towels…

Mercy Hospital for Women supports Little Blue Towels
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Werribee Mercy Hospital Christmas Fair

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The Werribee Mercy Hospital Christmas Fair is fast approaching and Wyndham residents are encouraged to save the date: Saturday 26 November. The Werribee Mercy Hospital Fair was first held in 1994 and regularly thereafter for almost 16 years. It was introduced again in 2015 and warmly embraced by staff, patients and residents. Mercy Health Chief…

Werribee Mercy Hospital Christmas Fair
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Mother Baby Unit hosts international delegation

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Delegates from the International Marcé Society’s Biennial Scientific Conference visited Werribee Mercy Hospital’s Mother Baby Unit on Thursday 29 September to hear from staff about the unit’s sector-leading programs. The Marcé Society for Perinatal Mental Health is an international scientific association formed to advance the mental healthcare of women, their infants and partners around the…

Mother Baby Unit hosts international delegation
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Mercy Health celebrates Mercy Day 2016

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Mercy Health staff have held Mercy Day celebrations across the country this week to acknowledge the life and work of Foundress Catherine McAuley. Mercy Day is marked on 24 September each year, the date in 1827 when Catherine opened her first school in Dublin, providing a place to shelter and educate disadvantaged women and children….

Mercy Health celebrates Mercy Day 2016
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International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day 2016

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Mercy Health will pause to remember the lives of babies lost, at any age, on Saturday 15 October during International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. Sadly, each year in Australia approximately 2,000 babies are stillborn and another 850 babies die shortly after birth. A further one in five pregnancies ends in miscarriage. International Pregnancy…

International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day 2016
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Mercy Health to host community drop-in session for retirement living development

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Mercy Health has submitted a planning application to the City of Greater Bendigo to develop more than 150 Retirement Living Units in Golden Square during the next decade. The development is currently being considered by council and Mercy Health would like to take this opportunity to invite the Bendigo community to a drop-in information session….

Mercy Health to host community drop-in session for retirement living development
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Wisdom of the elders unveiled at Mercy Place Wyndham

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A group of Werribee high school students has helped create a thought provoking photographic exhibition of Mercy Place Wyndham residents. The year 11 MacKillop College students were invited to capture images of the aged care residents during one of their weekly reflection sessions organised by pastoral care associate Susan Frykberg. Each Monday Susan meets with…

Wisdom of the elders unveiled at Mercy Place Wyndham
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Mercy Place residents celebrate Father’s Day

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Fathers were celebrated around the country on Sunday 4 September and amongst the celebrations, Mercy Place residences also took a moment to recognise some of their special fathers. In Mercy Place East Melbourne, resident Keith Geer celebrated Father’s Day surrounded by his two children, five grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Raised in Melbourne, the 101…

Mercy Place residents celebrate Father’s Day
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It’s a dog’s day out for Dementia Awareness Month

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Mercy Place East Melbourne has been overrun with man’s best friends as part of Alzheimer’s Australia’s Dementia Awareness Month, which runs throughout September. Research shows pets in aged care greatly increase quality of life for residents by reducing tension, fatigue and confusion, as well as increasing enthusiasm and interest. Pets are also an important feature…

It’s a dog’s day out for Dementia Awareness Month
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Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology named CHA Emerging Leader 2016

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Professor Stephen Tong has been honoured at the Catholic Health Australia (CHA) Awards in Sydney and named CHA Emerging Leader 2016. Prof Tong is a specialist obstetrician-scientist based at Mercy Hospital for Women in Heidelberg. Prof Tong is part of a team that helps care for 6,000 pregnant women each year; he also leads an…

Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology named CHA Emerging Leader 2016