MEDIA

VACCINE ROAD BUMPS

WANGARATTA and district is continuing to work through phases 1a and 1b of the COVID-19 vaccination rollout, though high early demand for the AstraZeneca vaccine and supply shortages with Pfizer doses have created some road bumps.
Adrian Johnstone, chief executive officer at St Catherine’s Hostel in Ryley Street, said 61 residents vaccinated on March 11 received their second jab on Thursday with no ill effects. (7/4/21)

VACCINE IS A WELCOME JAB FOR RON 

RON Tanner, 90, was among the residents
of St Catherine’s Wangaratta who received their first COVID-19 vaccinations yesterday in adjoining Delany Chapel. The rollout of the vaccine to priority groups in the Wangaratta district has commenced, and takes in frontline healthcare staff from Northeast Health Wangaratta, 25 of whom received the vaccine on the border yesterday. (12/3/21) 

​Vaccination rollout begins

​VACCINATIONS against COVID-19 have started to roll out for priority groups in the Wangaratta district. (12/3/21)

Report highlights complexity of path to reform, says CEO

"I think Wangaratta and surrounding communities are extremely fortunate with the quality of aged care and services provided." (12/3/21)

​"Human spirit" alive in a crisis 

​AFTER enduring the dreaded COVID-19 ‘second wave’, St Catherine’s Hostel nurses Steve Voogt and Heila Brooks believe the human spirit is very much alive during a time of crisis. (11-17/11/2020)

Mixed result for aged care budget

ALTHOUGH the Federal Government’s budget for the aged care sector has been welcomed, some providers believe more needs to be done to fix ongoing issues plaguing the industry. (12/10/2020)

Federal Aged Care minister, Ken Wyatt, visits St Catherine’s to gain an understanding of St Catherine’s nurse practitioner model (25/09/2017).

​Pictured. Federal Aged Care Minister Ken Wyatt with St Catherines resident Barbara French.