NEWS DESK Theatre named after fallen cop CHIEF Police Commissioner Graeme Ashton was in Frankston on Friday to celebrate a $200,000 donation towards new medical equipment that is transforming surgery at Frankston Hospital. The money - raised by the Victoria Police Blue Ribbon Foundation’s peninsula branch and marks the foundation’s 50th towards a hospital facility - went towards a hybrid interventional theatre, which expands the types of surgeries and procedures available. The hybrid theatre has been named in memory of Constable Phillip Gordon Fleming, who was in a police vehicle on duty in Kew in 1971 when it plunged down an embankment. He died instantly and was posthumously awarded the Victoria Police Star in 2007. More than 30 members of Constable Fleming’s extended family and other dignitaries attended at the dedication ceremony.
Guards of honour: Graeme Ashton talks at the City of Frankston Bowling Club last week.
Charges follow collision Hospital car park works POLICE have charged a man following a collision at Frankston on Friday 10 February. They will allege a maroon Mitsubishi station wagon was being driven erratically on Eastlink shortly before it was involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle on Cranbourne– Frankston Rd, near the Beach St intersection, 2.40pm. A 40-year-old Doncaster East man has been charged with conduct endangering life, reckless driving, drive in a manner dangerous, speeding and numerous other traffic offences, police media officer Luke Zammit said. The man appeared at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday and was further remanded to a date to be fixed. Police urge anyone who may have encountered the Mitsubishi station wagon to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential crime report at crimestoppersvic.com.au online.
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A NEW multi-deck car park being built at Frankston Hospital will add 750 car spaces by next summer. “The new car park will significantly ease the pressure on parking … for patients, visitors and staff,” Peninsula Health CEO Sue Williams said. “The existing multi-deck car park, which opened in 2013, provides 570 spaces – however these are often full by 8.30am.” The new car park, adjacent to the existing car park, will have lifts and CCTV coverage of all entry and exit points. A lift will be added to the existing car park. Car parking at Frankston Hospital will be limited during construction. Staff and visitors can park in the Gate 2/Emergency Department car park and in the existing multi-deck car park on the ground and first levels. Details: peninsulahealth.org.au
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