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Suite opening: At the opening of the Peta Murphy Breast Imaging Suite at Frankston Hospital are, from left, Carrum MP and suburbs and planning minister Sonya Kilkenny, Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas, Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Labor candidate for Dunkley Jodie Belyea, Peninsula Health CEO Felicity Topp, Rod Glover (Peta Murphy’s husband) and Frankston MP Paul Edbrooke. Picture: Supplied
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A NEW breast imaging suite at Frankston Hospital has been named after the former MP for Dunkley, the late Peta Murphy, who died from cancer last December. The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan today joined Murphy’s family at the opening of the Peta Murphy Breast Imaging Suite on Saturday 3 February. “Peta took great pride in the Labor Party’s role in the story of Australia’s public health system. It is so fitting that this wonderful addition bears her name,” Albanese said. “Thanks to Peta’s advocacy, the
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women of Dunkley have a new quality service close to home. A proud part of a proud legacy.” Financed by the state government, the $4.5 million suite will be Peninsula Health’s first comprehensive public diagnostic breast imaging service encompassing mammography, ultrasound, biopsy, and localising services for Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula. Staff at the suite will deliver about 2400 mammograms a year, supporting the estimated 6.3 per cent of Victorians diagnosed with breast cancer each year who live in the region – offering
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Containers for community: (l to r) Stacey Wakeman, Community Bank Mt Martha, Branch Manager, and Rotarians Anne Shaw, Peter Rawlings and Roger Annear. Picture: Supplied
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internal and community-based referrals to eliminate the need for day-ofsurgery transfers. The suite will also help address the increasing demand for breast imaging services and to reduce the current waiting list at Monash Health in Clayton. A $1.1 billion redevelopment of Frankston Hospital due to be completed in late 2025, includes a new clinical services tower, 130 extra beds, new mental health and oncology spaces, expanded women’s and children’s areas and 15 new operating theatres.
