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FOUR Rosebud Secondary College students proved that they are willing to give the hair on their heads in to support those suffering from blood cancers like leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma. Abbey Jordan, Stella Tomasello, Lachlan Huxtable and Hannah Clayton had their locks chopped as part of the Leukaemia Foundation’s annual World’s Greatest Shave which sees participants being sponsored to shave, wax or colour their hair. “I knew because my hair was so long that people would be surprised I was willing to have it cut off, and that was a good way to raise awareness,� Hannah said. “She was born with more hair than she has now,� mum Colleen Clayton said after her daughter’s head was shaved. Hannah intends to donate her hair to the Princess Charlotte Alopecia Program, which uses such donations to make wigs to give to children with alopecia. Her efforts also saw two of her teachers go under the razor, with one losing his beard when she reached $1000 raised and another losing his long hair and beard when she reached $2000. The four students were cheered on by a crowd of their schoolmates and teachers and have raised almost $7000. Four other Rosebud students, Georgia Walker, Brooke Perrysmith, Isabella Mollica and Hannah King, will shave or colour their hair in coming weeks. To donate go to worldsgreatestshave. com/ and click on “sponsor� or call 1800 500 088.
Danger area alerts for ambos Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au ALTHOUGH parts of Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula have been flagged as areas of risk for paramedics, none have been declared “no-go� zones. Described as being “like pieces in a pie� by Ambulance Victoria, the 105 areas in Frankston, Mornington, Rye and Hastings and surrounds are listed because of past incidents of violence,
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or ongoing safety concerns. Most flags relate to where paramedics have previously been attacked by patients with mental health issues, use drugs or own a firearm. Despite the dangers, paramedics will be dispatched to these addresses with police being asked for back up. One example given to The News involves patients who are known to bite or kick. Without a police presence, the bottom line is: if paramedics feel in dan-
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ger, they won’t go. A metropolitan newspaper last week reported that the list of paramedic danger zones had tripled in some suburbs in just five years, with paramedics routinely refusing to respond to calls for help without a police escort. The number of addresses regarded as unsafe or violent was said to have risen by almost 25 per cent across the state in the same time. The surge in trouble spots is reported to coincide with a rise in violence sur-
rounding the increasing use of ice. The documents released to the newspaper under freedom on information showed 54 paramedics were assaulted or confronted with violence in 42 days last October and November. Dandenong has 34 flagged locations, the most of any postcode in Victoria, followed by Frankston 29, Reservoir 27, Cranbourne and Greater Geelong, 22, West Footscray 21 and Heidelberg 18. Mornington has 14. Outside the city Greater Bendigo, Greater Ballarat
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and the Latrobe Valley each have 12. Other areas of the peninsula, such as Rosebud West and Hastings, and, to a lesser extent Seaford, Langwarrin, Mt Eliza, Rosebud, Rye, Sorrento, Bittern, Baxter, and Crib Point, are also flagged after previous episodes of violence or safety issues. The flags might also relate to the presence of defibrillators, frequent callers, hints on accessing property, and patient medical information. Continued Page 7
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