Echuca Moama Magazine Issue 11

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HELPING PEOPLE

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Working in palliative care has always been challenging, but COVID-19 restrictions — and having to tell family members they cannot see their dying loved one — has made 2020 the most difficult of Jess Verhey’s career. BRAYDEN MAY reports.

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beds, for any patients who required hospitalisation. But as ANNA McGUINNESS discovered when she spoke to nurse Sue Jilbert, it was the community’s fear that was almost worse than the disease

4min

pages 23-25

Serving the community for 21 years

4min

pages 26-28

own — they’ve helped raise $150,000 for disability provider Community Living and Respite Services and hope to one day build a house in Echuca to help people with their mental health

5min

pages 29-33

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