Health Professionals Return Home
unique way to tell the story of awareness, and taking control of
your own health.
Health information nights are held throughout the year in Hay,
for men and women. Residents are encouraged to attend these
sessions. Knowledge is power and education has saved many
lives.
Also coming home to tend to the communities health needs is
Barb Brettschneider, known affectionately to many as "Golla".
Barb is the new Child and Family Health Nurse at the Baby
Health Clinic, situated at the community building in the grounds
of the Hay Hospital .
Barb has been working at Griffith Base Hospital since the
1980’s as a midwife.
Nurse Practitioner Sharon Weymouth
Murrumbidgee Medicare Local (MMLL)
presents Women's Wellbeing
Sharon Weymouth has returned home, taking on the Nurse
Practitioner position at Hay Hospital.
During February, Sharon gave a presentation on Women's Health
at the Hay Services Club. Sharon has spent the past five years
working as a women's health nurse in remote communities in the
Northern Territory.
Information presented by Sharon, in an at times amusing fashion,
covered four health issues: "three that can kill you and one that
makes your life miserable". Breast, cervical and ovarian cancers
and incontinence.
Breast and cervical cancers, if caught
early, are very treatable with good
outcomes for patients, research is still
ongoing into an early detection of
ovarian cancers and there are a
variety of strategies to combat
incontinence. Your doctor and
women's health nurse are the first line
of defence to combat cancer and
incontinence.
Sharon gave information in a way that
had every woman in the room
nodding their heads in understanding.
She told the story of nine remote
community women who piled into a
bus and travelled 900 kilometres to
attend the nearest mammogram
facility, and then made the return trip
home, on the same day. These
women want to be an example to
younger generations and found a
Child and Family Health Nurse
Barb Brettschnieder
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