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Bravery awards bid for water heroes
Art to lift the spirit By Fran Henke VISUAL arts students at Chisholm Frankston are taking their work to the walls of Monash Health this month to cheer and stimulate patients, visitors and staff. Their show, featuring paintings, sculptures, drawing and printmaking by art and illustration students, will open in the Monash Health Art Space, 3.30pm, Thursday 17 September. The opportunity came about after a meeting between art student Eleni Theodoridi, who also works as a medical interpreter at Monash, and senior manager and curator at Monash Health, Kim Minett. Their mutual vision and enthusiasm for the role that art plays in the public health setting created the collaboration between the Chisholm students and Monash Health. “I believe that hospitals and other public buildings are a great art platform,” Ms Theodoridi said. “It connects and benefits people who wouldn’t necessarily go to a gallery and visual artists that wouldn't have a chance to communicate their messages to a wider spectrum of public, people from all paths in life.” Her experience of working in hospitals led to a fascination with medical images, producing prints and mixed media works on the theme of “non-medical Interpretations of medical images”. She is undertaking the advanced diploma of creative product development at Chisholm, with a wide range of experience in commu-
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Art as a healer: Student Eleni Theodoridi, of Frankston, with her work Dentrite neurons on indigo.
nity involvement, health and the arts. “This is a cause really close to my heart and I have already suggested to Monash Health the possibility of murals with the help of local artist and other Chisholm students. Ms Theodoridi has approached other students, including Karen Neal and Jill Marshall, who have donated work to dress the walls of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Unit. Local artists have begun to offer
time and talent, too, including sand sculptor Natasha Kamenskaia, mixed media artist Efrossini Chaniotis and photographer Fran Henke. The Monash Children’s Hospital will open in 2017, with what Eleni hopes, will be more opportunities for the arts in the Monash Health community. The Monash Health Art Space is at level 2, Monash Medical Centre, 246 Clayton Rd, Clayton.
A FRANKSTON MICA paramedic and a Chelsea policeman have been recommended for bravery awards after rescuing a woman in difficulties off Chelsea beach, 9pm, Thursday 27 August. The Chelsea woman was seen by a passer-by near Maury Rd wading out in rough and dangerous waters fully clothed. She was distressed after a personal issue and would not be consoled. The witness tried in vain to reach the woman as she swam away; he saw her head go under and lost sight of her, and then waded back to shore and called 000. Arriving minutes later, ambulance officer Brenton Willey and Senior Constable David Malloch used torches to sweep along the beach searching for the woman in case she had returned to shore. However, she was 100 metres north of her original position and 100 metres out to sea after having been in the freezing water for about 15 minutes. The Air Wing had been called but poor conditions meant a helicopter could not attempt a rescue. The Water Police were more than 40 minutes away and unlikely to be of any use. “There was nothing else to do but go and get her, so we went straight in,” Mr Willey said last week. “I am
a surfer and used to the water so it wasn’t too bad. “Of course it was a bit out of the ordinary but, as an ambulance officer, you get used to it. No two jobs are the same.” Mr Willey and the policeman swam out through the rough, dark waters and brought the woman back to shore – despite her protests. “It never crossed my mind that we wouldn't successfully retrieve the patient,” he said. “I felt we worked well together during the events over the next half hour.” For his efforts, Senior Constable Malloch received a kick in the face causing swelling to his eye socket. The woman was taken to Frankston hospital while. Senior Sergeant Chris Jones, of Chelsea police, is recommending bravery awards for the two men. “They did a great job of rescuing the woman in the freezing conditions and saved her life,” he said.
School bomb scare TOORAK College, Mt Eliza was in lock-down Wednesday morning after a bomb scare. Students were kept in their classrooms for “a couple of hours” while Mornington police searched the grounds. Nothing was found. Anyone with information is asked to call Mornington police on 5970 4900 or Crime Stoppers 1300 333 000.
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