Mount Evelyn
Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
War memorial vandalised for second time
Empowering Women gets state business award
Crafters donate to homelessness charity
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In tribute The Mount Evelyn community stood in honour of local men and women who died in conflicts at the eleventh hour on 11 November. Commemorating Remembrance Day with a ceremony at the War Memorial, it was a reflection on 105 years since the armistice was agreed to by the Allied forces and the Germans to end World War I. Poppies were donned, wreaths were laid and the Last Post played out across the town. To read more about Remembrance Day across the region, turn to pages 12 and 13 Piper Iain Townsley played sombre sounds to begin the Remembrance Day service. 372930 Picture: MIKAYLA VAN LOON
Targets missed Ambulance Victoria (AV) responded to 96,594 Code 1 cases between July and September this year, 2002 more than the same period last year with the 2022/23 financial year the busiest on record, with more than 400,000 lights and sirens responses, almost 1100 every day, across the state. A local paramedic, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said non-emergency call outs are an overwhelming majority
of their workload. “These calls take around an hour to assess, refer and complete our paperwork before we get back out on the road,” they said. “Recently, I have attended to call-outs of a sore nose, a splinter in a thumb and a request to prescribe medication, which we cannot provide.” Victorian paramedics responded to 66 per cent of Code 1 cases between July and September within the state-wide target of 15 minutes, a big improvement from 61.7 per
cent in the previous three months and 64.3 per cent the same time last year. In the last quarter, 53.7 per cent of Code 1 cases in the Yarra Ranges were responded to in the target time with an average response time of 17 minutes and 11 seconds, 73 per cent in Maroondah with a 13 minute and 55 second response time, 72.8 per cent in Knox with a 134 minute and 54 second response time and 50.8 per cent in Cardinia with a 17 minute and 20 second response time. The local paramedic said firstly it is a good
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idea to consider your local GP as a first point of contact for less urgent matters. “Your GP can provide ongoing community care and management and please consider transport to hospital by private means by a family member or friend if you are experiencing a non-life threatening emergency that requires hospital care,” they said. “A hospital will treat an acute problem with likely subsequent referral to your GP or specialist.” Continued page 5
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