DOCTORS at the Lyell McEwin Hospital (LMH) are hopeful a state-first accreditation for its diabetes treatment program will help slow the damage the disease is causing to people in Gawler and its surrounding regions.
LOCAL adolescents and young adults now have access to free vaccinations against the deadly meningococcal B disease, in what the State Government is labelling as a world-first.
LOCAL health nurse Julie Tucker and Gawler Mayor Karen Redman discussed the issue of incontinence, and what Gawler Council is doing to lead the way in its management, at the Rotary Club of Gawler Light’s latest meeting.
THIRTY-SEVEN women who undertook their nursing traineeships at the Hutchinson Hospital – the predecessor to Gawler Health Service – descended on Gawler earlier this month, for a milestone reunion.
A SUBDUED New Year’s Eve celebration quickly turned into a moment of history for Craigmore parents Jessica and Sena Weerasinghe,as their daughter Shanya was the first baby born at the Lyell McEwin Hospital in 2018.
FORTY people are unwell, and 10 have been hospitalised, after it was confirmed Gawler South Bakery’s products caused a Salmonella outbreak in the weeks leading up to Christmas.
GAWLER residents are healthier than their country counterparts, the local primary health network has said, after figures revealed rural South Australians are the fattest in the nation.
WITH the looming announcement of the Federal Budget, a national lobby group is calling on the government to create a dedicated infrastructure fund for fast-growing outer suburbs.
