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he former Maribyrnong Immigration Detention Centre will house men leaving jail to “slow the spread of coronavirus”. he state government on Friday announced the centre, which closed for immigration detention last year, would accommodate up to 44 men. Corrections Minister Ben Carroll said the move was part of eforts to reduce community transmission of COVID-19. “Coronavirus is creating unprecedented challenges, including for the justice system,” he said. “As we work to slow the spread of coronavirus, the safety of the community is our priority. “We want to make sure vulnerable ofenders who have completed their sentence are given appropriate accommodation, while reducing the risk of them contracting and spreading the virus.” He said prisoners who had committed sex ofences and those “assessed as posing an unacceptable risk” would not be housed at the centre. “his facility will provide last-resort accommodation and any residents placed there will have a risk assessment focused on their behaviour and ofending history,” Mr Carroll said. A Community Advisory Group will be established immediately to provide ongoing information to the community about the project. It will be chaired by former corrections minister and Williamstown MP Wade Noonan. Maribyrnong councillors will be invited to participate. he centre will have round the clock security and supervision. It will have shared communal facilities, living areas, kitchens, administrative oices and outdoor areas. Work to convert the centre into temporary accommodation for the men is expected to be inished in May and it will open for its new purpose in June. Mr Carroll said the project would “create up to 100 construction jobs and support ongoing jobs in the public, private and not-for-proit sectors”. To date, there have been no recorded cases of COVID-19 in Victorian prisons.
A wedding venue in Melbourne’s west could become the site of Melbourne’s next Slow Food Melbourne Farmers’ Market amid the coronavirus crisis. Happy Receptions at 199 Sunshine Road, Tottenham, has oficially closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In February last year, after more than 11 years at Abbotsford Convent, the farmers’ market moved to Spotswood Kingsville RSL. Slow Food Melbourne president Alison Peake has now applied to Maribyrnong council to open an additional market at the Tottentham reception centre. As well as selling fresh produce and artisan products, the new market could offer local traders an opportunity to sell takeaway food, Ms Peake said. “It’s very much ... trying to support local businesses and local people. “It’s just trying to keep everybody still in business to some extent.” Under COVID-19 restrictions, shopper numbers would be limited to one per stall, plus up to two shoppers at 1.5 metre distance each waiting for service. Planned hours of operation are 8am-1pm on the irst and third Saturday of the month, with up to 40 stalls. A range of COVID-19 measures would include cleaning facilities every 15 minutes and requiring stallholders to have their own wash stations and sanitiser. While some markets have temporarily closed, Ms Peake said there was more demand than ever. “With farming, the cows don’t stop producing milk and things still grow and they’ve still got all this produce that they need to get out there,” she said. ALISON PEAKE
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I would like to thank everyone for the effort you are putting in as we go through this very difficult time. I am proud of the way that the people of Maribyrnong have responded - there is a deep sense of community and we all are doing our part to combat this terrible virus. At the April Meeting, Council endorsed comprehensive packages that provide up to $6.5 million in support across a range of programs and initiatives, to assist residents and businesses affected by Covid-19.
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We are in an environment that none of us have ever been in before, but with these packages, we hope to support those in our community who are feeling the strain of this pandemic. The Bicycle Strategy 2020-2030 was also endorsed during the April Council meeting. Following extensive community consultation at the end of 2019, the Bicycle Strategy was updated to reflect the views of those who participated in a range of consultative measures. The strategy imagines a future where Maribyrnong residents regularly use bicycles as a safe means of transport. The strategy uses a multi-layered investment approach to encourage bicycle use across the municipality. Council has also awarded the contract for the Footscray Wharf and Promenade Redevelopment, a co-funded project with the Victorian Government. The wharf and promenade will create a highprofile interface with the Maribyrnong River, attracting people and activating the river edge. Work is set to commence on the redevelopment later this year.
Maribyrnong City Council’s Councillors have been busy.
4. Cr Martin Zakharov walking his dog
1. Mayor Cr Sarah Carter with West Footscray Traders Association President Pradeep Tiwari and Sims IGA manager Trevor Walker
5. Mayor Cr Sarah Carter and Cr Martin Zakharov promoting Council’s new bicycle strategy
2. Cr Simon Crawford helping his daughter create a rainbow for the window 3. Cr Megan Megan Bridger-Darling Bridger-Darlingcommemorating placed a candleANZAC on her Day on her driveway at dawn driveway to commemorate ANZAC Day at dawn.
Further detail on the initiatives above can be found on our website. For all the latest updates please follow us on Facebook.
MY VIEW I extend my warmest wishes to the people of Maribyrnong during this tough time. I hope you stay safe and well.
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At the April Council meeting I moved a motion to endorse the draft Tottenham Employment Precinct Framework Plan 2020 and draft West Footscray Employment Precinct Framework Plan 2020. Council continues to operate business as usual, ensuring the community has future opportunities.
COUNCIL MEETINGS May Tuesday 5, 4.30pm – Enterprise Maribyrnong Special Committee Tuesday 19, 6.30pm – Ordinary Council Meeting Tuesday 26, 6.30pm – City Development Special Committee Due to the current stay at home directive, Council meetings will be closed to the public until further notice. Meetings can be livestreamed via Council’s YouTube channel and community members can submit questions for public question time governance@maribyrnong.vic.gov.au by 4pm on the day of the meeting.
There is substantial potential throughout the Tottenham and West Footscray precincts to attract new businesses, particularly those from the creative industries and urban manufacturing. In the draft plans, new roads, transport links and public open space is to be created to improve facilities and attract new businesses. One of the key features of the Tottenham precinct is direct access to Stony Creek, and great care will be given to ensure Stony Creek and the local wildlife are protected. By supporting and encouraging new business opportunities these plans will help to create new jobs for the local community. Cr Cuc Lam Stony Creek Ward
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Brooklyn virus cluster hits 45 By Goya Dmytryshchak he Cedar Meats processing facility in Brooklyn has been conirmed as the plant at the centre of the latest COVID-19 outbreak. here are 45 cases linked to the meatworks, including 11 conirmed yesterday. COVID-19 cases have increased locally for the irst time in a fortnight from 13 to 18 in Hobsons Bay and from 10 to 14 in Maribyrnong. Authorities refused to name Cedar Meats, saying there was no risk to public health, but
the facility’s general manager Tony Kairouz issued a statement on Monday. “A number of employees have tested positive for coronavirus in one of our facilities in west Melbourne,” he said. “he welfare and safety of our staf, visitors, suppliers and customers is our highest priority. All workers are self-quarantining and we are working closely with Victorian health authorities. “All meat processed at our facilities is processed in accordance with Australian standards for food safety and our customers
can be conident that the meat processed at our facilities is safe to eat.” It comes as a Yarraville childcare centre was closed while two children from the same family were tested for COVID-19 last week. he Learning Sanctuary in Gamon Street closed on Wednesday and reopened on Friday ater the two children from the same family were cleared on hursday. Premier Daniel Andrews yesterday said there were 1423 cases in Victoria, which included 17 new cases overnight. Of those, 11 were linked
to the meatworks, one was a returned overseas traveller now in quarantine, four were the result of a testing blitz and one case is being investigated. Mr Andrews said a record 13,000 Victorians were tested for coronavirus on Sunday, in the “biggest single day of testing in the nation”. “I just want to say how proud and how pleased I am and how grateful I am,” he said. he government aims to have 100,000 Victorians tested before it decides whether to start liting restrictions when the state of emergency ends on Monday, May 11.
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Drive-through testing sites open Ten drive-through coronavirus testing sites opened in major shopping outlets across Melbourne last week, including Bunnings West Footscray and Highpoint shopping centre. It comes as the state government pushes to test up to 100,000 people within a fortnight to track how the virus is spreading in the community and prepare for the potential easing of restrictions. Other testing sites opened at Paciic Werribee, Paciic Epping, Watergardens Town Centre, Westield Fountain Gate, Bayside Shopping Centre in Frankston, and Chadstone, Doncaster and Northland shopping centres. Bunnings managing director Mike Schneider
said testing would take place in the carpark, completely separate from the store. He said the West Footscray site would be a pilot, with plans for further testing sites at a handful of other stores. “We’re part of the local communities where we operate and we have an important role in providing essential products, while implementing strong safety measures to protect our team and customers,” he said. Health Minister Jenny Mikakos urged anyone exhibiting even mild symptoms to get tested. Symptoms may include fever, chills, shortness of breath, cough, sore throat, loss of smell or a runny nose.
“he more people we test the more we’ll know about the spread of the virus, which will help guide any decisions about potentially easing restrictions,” she said. Testing sites will be a “one-stop-shop” overseen by doctors, nurses and pathology staf. Results typically take 24-72 hours. To be tested, people need to bring their Medicare card or at least one form of identiication such as a driver’s licence or student ID. For more information, visit the Department of Health and Human Services website.
Portable EFTPOS machines stolen from small businesses in the west are being used to transfer false refunds to bank accounts, according to police. Several thets have been reported across the past month by businesses in Point Cook, Wyndham Vale, Footscray and Seabrook. A Victoria Police spokesperson said the ofenders were entering stores in small groups, posing as customers. While store staf are distracted the ofenders steal the EFTPOS machine. he ofenders later use the EFTPOS machine to transfer false refunds into their own bank accounts. he spokesperson said the thets were mainly occurring in the evening at small businesses including takeaway food stores and community supermarkets. On one occasion, ofenders stole about $5000. “Victoria Police is aware that many business owners and operators sufer signiicantly when thet occurs,” the spokesperson said. “here are a number of crime prevention strategies that businesses can adopt to prevent damage to property, and prevent thet, including obtaining CCTV technology within the premises. “We are also encouraging businesses to secure their EFTPOS machines and keep [them] out of plain sight.” Police have also advised stores to remove labels featuring their EFTPOS machines PINs, and to cancel the SIM in an EFTPOS machine as soon as possible, if they are a victim of thet. Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 Alesha Capone
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By Goya Dmytryshchak Ater 48 years in business, a western suburbs’ driving instructor says he had to take out a private loan to survive the coronavirus crisis. Altona driving school owner, Bruno Ranalli, said it was unfair that VicRoads instructors could continue to operate while small businesses went under. He said he had been unable to provide lessons and had no income since March 23. “VicRoads are given exemptions to go and do their driving tests,” Mr Ranalli said. “he tests are done in a VicRoads vehicle by a VicRoads oicer, and their excuse is that they are using VicRoads vehicles because they are cleaning the car ater each test. “My question is why can’t I clean my car ater each test? What would be the diference? “hey did 10 tests at Werribee yesterday and they’re doing them every day.” Mr Ranalli said he was still paying for his driving instructor licence, which he couldn’t use, and for registration on two driving cars “sitting in the garage doing nothing”. “I think it’s grossly unfair,” he said. “If testing was stopped altogether and no one could do it, fair enough, but they’re working at the moment while we’re sitting home. “I got myself a private loan to keep going.” VicRoads has suspended light vehicle (cars, utes and vans) drive tests and computer-based licensing testing, but heavy vehicle and motorcycle testing “will continue as normal”, its website states. However, anyone who would experience undue hardship as a result of not having a driver licence or learner permit may be eligible to apply to VicRoads to undertake a test. “Testing for persons critical to the coronavirus response will also be considered
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on a case by case basis,” VicRoads states. A Department of Transport spokesperson said the Australian Driver Trainers Association (Victoria) had advised that in line with advice from the chief health oicer, it had written to its members asking them not to proceed with operations during this time. he DoT spokesperson said: “If members of the same household are taking a trip as part
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Hobsons Bay council says none of its staf have been “formally or negatively afected” in terms of COVID-19 job losses. It comes as neighbouring Maribyrnong council defended its decision to terminate rather than stand down 150 casual employees. Maribyrnong’s chief executive Stephen Wall said it had been the “very best” decision to enable casuals, who were ineligible for the JobKeeper scheme, the ability to seek government support. Hobsons Bay corporate services director Andrew McLeod said despite closures and modiication of services, the council had been able to keep staf employed. “At this stage, in this rapidly evolving landscape, we are endeavouring to maintain as much continuity of service as possible for our community and our staf,” he said. “Staf have not been formally or negatively afected.” He said this meant “no written notice has been provided that an employee will, at a point in time, be afected nor has any employee been afected at this time.” “At this stage, we are ofering our small pool of casual staf, whose hours may be impacted by the modiied services, redeployment options in other areas of council,” Mr McLeod said. “We are actively creating as many opportunities as possible for our staf.” Goya Dmytryshchak
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GIMME 5s RECYCLING PLASTICS Residents can now put plastic containers with the code 5 in the yellow-lid bin for recycling. Common code-5 containers include: yoghurt, margarine and ice cream tubs.
Throughout Australia, you can recycle some code 4 plastics (low-density polyethylene, soft plastics) at participating supermarkets, through REDcycle (redcycle.net.au). Plastic code 6 (expanded polystyrene) can be recycled at Brooklyn Resource Recovery Centre and Green Wheel, in Sunshine West (fees may apply). Plastic code 3s (PVC, such as cordial bottles) and code 7s cannot be recycled and go in the rubbish.
The world of recycling is constantly changing. It is inluenced by government, industry and consumers. Council and our recycling contractor are continually working to secure markets (manufacturers who will use recycled materials) to expand the number and types of items we can recycle. To help identify which plastics can be recycled, when shopping, check the codes on packaging. Most plastics with codes 1, 2 and 5 can be recycled in Hobsons Bay. Berry punnets, meat trays and lids can’t go in the yellow bin. They are made from either mixed plastics or plastic that is too thin and brittle to be processed for recycling. All other plastic types (3, 4, 6, 7) cannot be recycled in your yellow bin.
RUBBISH VOLUMES DURING THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) PANDEMIC With most people staying home as a result of government restrictions, many households around Melbourne are experiencing challenges with an increased volume of rubbish. Council recognises there may be additional waste volumes in Hobsons Bay as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic.
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Eligible households (of four or more, and those with medical or care needs) can apply for a rubbish bin upsize, N I ISH B B B free until 1 July 2021. Eligible houseU R holds already using a 240-litre rubbish bin can apply for a rebate for the free period. Find the simple online application form (and how-to video) on Council’s website, hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au/Recycling or call 9932 1000 for assistance.
Strict social distancing is in place, in line with state and federal government requirements. On the advice of the Chief Health Oficer, the drop-off is considered to provide an essential service in the current state of emergency.
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As an additional interim measure during these exceptional times, residents can drop off excess rubbish at Council’s Operations Centre in Altona at no charge. The drop-off station is unable to accept recycling, food and garden waste, hard waste or electronic waste.
Address: Sugar Gum Drive, Altona Days and time: Saturdays, 8.30am-2.30pm The rubbish drop-off is ongoing until further notice. Please check Council’s website before attending.
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Free bin upsize option By Goya Dmytryshchak Some Hobsons Bay households will be able to upsize their garbage bins free of charge during the coronavirus crisis. he council last week announced eligible households could swap their 120 litre bin for a 240 litre bin at no charge until July 2021. “he ofer comes in light of some larger households generating higher than normal volumes of rubbish while being at home as a result of coronavirus pandemic government restrictions,” the council said in a statement. “he free upsize is available for larger households (with four or more permanent residents), and those with medical or care needs that create additional volumes of waste, such as two or more children in nappies. “Roughly 20 per cent of households across the municipality will be eligible. “Eligible households that already have a larger rubbish bin can also apply to access the
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free period.” he move comes as a petition signed by 1120 people calls for the reinstatement of a weekly collection, which was cut to fortnightly in February. Newport’s Simon Morgan, a member of the Hobsons Bay Talking Garbage group, said residents would prefer a weekly service over upsized bins. “It seems like a nice idea now but nothing comes for free,” he said. “Next year, residents signing up will be charged more for having this larger bin. “he cost in money and materials to make and roll out these new bins will come right back to us as council rates. “here is a perfectly good solution right in
front of our eyes, and one that has worked well for 30 years – weekly collection.” Last month’s council meeting heard that sustainable communities director Penelope Winslade had sought medical advice on whether current fortnightly collection posed a coronavirus risk. At the start of April, the council introduced an interim rubbish drop-of service for residents at its operations centre on Saturdays “to support households that may generate higher volumes of household waste due to working from home or self isolating”. his service continues to be available from 8.30am-2.30pm at the Sugar Gum Drive centre. A council spokesperson said advice from the state government and the Chief Medical Oicer had conirmed the interim waste drop-ofs were deemed an essential service in the state of emergency. Residents can apply for a larger bin via the council’s website or by calling 9932 1000.
Virus hits university’s inances Victoria University is bracing itself for a $50 million hit to its budget as a result of COVID-19. he university had forecast a total budget of $500 million, but with lucrative international students largely unable to ly over, the university’s cofers have taken a blow. Victoria University vice-chancellor Peter Dawkins conceded cost reduction measures, including job losses needed to be taken. “We’ve had a 10 per cent reduction to our budget which means we’ve been cutting back on operating costs, mostly in the form of non-salary costs such as travel, utilities etc,” Professor Dawkins said. “With less international students able to attend, some staf costs have been going down as well. “We haven’t reduced permanent staf, but the need to hire casual and sessional staf goes up and down depending on the number students, so that’s down on what we expected and short-term contracts are also being reviewed too.” Major projects and building around the university’s campuses will be the hardest hit, Professor Dawkins said. “he biggest thing we’ve been doing is to cut capital expenditure … we have to spend $50 million less so we’ve cut infrastructure projects by about $30 million,” he said. While it’s a challenging time, the university’s senior executives, including Professor Dawkins, will donate 10 per cent of their salaries for the next six months to help students doing it tough. Tate Papworth
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Rubbish bottleneck at Kororoit Creek housands of plastic bottles have washed up in Kororoit Creek in Melbourne’s west, prompting calls for the state government to fast-track a container deposit scheme. Starting in the Gisborne/Sunbury area, the creek winds through Melbourne’s west before lowing into Port Phillip Bay. Friends of Lower Kororoit Creek president Geof Mitchelmore said a fallen tree had trapped the mass of plastic rubbish at Altona North. “he entire creek is covered in rubbish, which is thousands and thousands of plastic drinking bottles amongst other things,” he said. “here’s thousands of tonnes of it.” Melbourne Water said GPS tracking and other research showed plastic bottles and polystyrene oten ended up in waterways through stormwater drains from high-density populated sites such as shopping centres, as well as construction sites. In 2018-19, Melbourne Water spent $4.75 million removing litter and debris.
It removed 1480 cubic metres of litter – more than half an Olympic swimming pool – from rivers, creeks and the drainage system. Mr Mitchelmore said that if not for the tree falling, the bottles likely would have ended up in the phragmites near Cherry Lake at Altona. “Probably millions of tonnes of that sort of material is all over that area in Altona,” he said. “hat’s what it’s like, the whole place is just full of these bottles. “It really does point to what the government is doing – why is it taking them so long to get this 10 cent deposit on these bottles, because that’s the solution to a lot of it. “hey’ve done it in other states, why not here in Victoria.” he state government has announced that Victoria will introduce a container deposit scheme by 2022-23, which it expects will halve drink container litter in Victoria by 2030. Mr Mitchelmore said accumulation of bottles in Altona North held up a mirror to society about where bottles ended up.
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“Councils have installed many gross-pollutant traps to collect this type of rubbish but unfortunately they don’t work under major looding conditions because the traps are bypassed and the debris goes straight into the creek,” he said. “So, all the rubbish that’s accumulated in the drains ends up in the creeks and rivers. “hey’ve been dropped in shopping centres and along roadways, swept into the gutters and then stormwater washes them into the creek. “It’s not just Kororoit Creek – it’s everywhere. It’s a major issue for all over Victoria.” Melbourne Water’s north west regional manager Jesse Barrett said the Altona North site had to be made safe before it could be cleaned up. He said now that has been addressed, work has started on removing the rubbish. “We suspect the rubbish came from sources further up in the catchment such as building sites and shopping centres.”
Footscray Community Arts Centre has been thrown a lifeline ater the state government announced a $16.8 million survival package for Victoria’s creative and cultural sector. Executive director Robyn Gawenda said the Creative Victoria stimulus would provide urgently needed cash low for the centre to survive through COVID-19. he centre had projected a loss of $350,000 over the next six-month period, including from the box oice, NDIS income, venue hire, bar sales, consultancy and one-of projects. “COVID-19 has been a particularly challenging time for our artists, staf and community,” Ms Gawenda said. “FCAC understands how much strain our funders and partners are under, but have been clear with our advocacy message for funders to honour existing commitments and support independent artists and contractors who will fall through the gaps in federal stimulus.” he centre employs about 32 full-time staf and usually pays more than 500 artists a year. Under the survival package, $13 million will be shared by nearly 100 non-government arts and cultural organisations. Another $2.2 million fund will award quick response grants of $5000 and $10,000 to Victorian-based individuals and micro-organisations, while $1.6 million will be immediately injected into the sector. Goya Dmytryshchak
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Celebrating our frontline ighters From nurses to cleaners, Western Health takes us inside Footscray and Sunshine hospitals to meet some of the staf on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic. By Goya Dmytryshchak. Siphoi Tran
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When COVID-19 irst broke out, there was a lot of confusion, says Siphoi Tran. he radiographer at Footscray Hospital, describes how the coronavirus crisis impacted her workplace. “When it irst started, I think there was a lot of confusion with staf because we were getting a lot of emails about COVID,” she said. “Because the situation was always changing, a lot of our staf were confused with the right things to do. “It induced a little bit of anxiety when it irst started. “I think now with the [staf] bulletins, and in medical imaging we also have a daily
Joyce Dalde “We are the soldiers in this war,” says Joyce Dalde. he nurse unit manager at Sunshine Hospital’s Ward 3F – the COVID-19 ward – heads up a team of 50. “his is the time where we have to work as a team, we have to look ater each other and at the same time we are trying to do this [job],” Ms Dalde said. “We have to vigilant, we have to be guided by the infection prevention and the respiratory physicians, as well as the infectious disease physicians.” he Maribyrnong resident urged members of the community to continue to follow directives to stay home.
“We are asking everyone to stay at home, but for us, we are leaving home to look ater our patients because we care so much for our community,” Ms Dalde said. “We are the soldiers in this war and we are in the battleield at this stage and need to look out for each other. “his is nursing – we are here to nurture. hey ask me how many kids I have and I say I’ve got 50 here … 50 staf members. “I am really really proud to be at Western Health. he amount of support they have given to staf plus the planning in preparation and how they make their staf feel safe to look ater COVID patients, that’s really important to me.”
bulletin, it has improved the communication. “At irst it was hectic but now that there are processes in place, it’s a lot better.” She said the hospital’s ‘wellness hubs’ and “a lot of encouraging words” for staf had helped with mental health. “It can be hard to be that perky happy self, especially when there are lot of things that you look forward to outside of work that have been taken away from you,” Ms Tran said. “We still encourage people to take annual leave – obviously it’s good for mental health purposes. “A lot of our staf have been generous in not taking leave and working to help each other out. “When it irst started we had a lot of shits that needed covering and people stepped up and helped each other out.” Her parents, with whom she lives in St Albans, were at irst a little nervous about her working in a hospital during COVID-19. “But over time they have come to accept it,” Ms Tran said. “hey know I come to work and get changed and then change to come home again and clean everything down at the end of the day. “To be honest, they haven’t said much – I think because of the curve lattening now it’s reduced the anxiety. “hey were more anxious about me getting it then me spreading it to them.” Some positives have emerged from the dire situation, Ms Tran said. “It has slowed everyone’s lives down a little bit,” she said. “I know for me, personally, I’ve had more time to slow down and have more of a routine. “Because of the shits in radiology, we have three distinct shits to reduce the overlap of the team and this has given us more routine.”
Michael Woods Melton’s Michael Woods is environmental services supervisor at Sunshine Hospital, responsible for keeping the place clean and sanitary. While his family harboured concerns for his wellbeing, Mr Woods said Western Health had been well prepared for COVID-19. “hey [my family] do have concerns for me because of my age,” the 63 year old said. “But I just told them that we put all the practices into place – the guidelines we’ve been given – and I feel safe. “I think they’ve [Western Health] done a wonderful job. “Everything seems to be under control. “We’ve got good leadership and, in environmental services here, we’re getting good back-up from our all our employees. It’s been very, very good I think.” Mr Woods said when the crisis was over, his team would be relieved. “I think at the end of it we’ll have a lot of joy and happiness,” he said. “Everyone will be relieved, and I think team spirit will be right up there when this is all done.”
Carmen Camilleri Altona North’s Carmen Camilleri hasn’t seen her grandchildren or children during COVID-19 because of her work in a hospital. he ward clerk in palliative care at Sunshine Hospital said her daughter was the most worried in her family. “My daughter was more concerned than anyone else because she’s got a 3-month-old baby,” Ms Camilleri said. “So, about ive weeks ago when all this started, we sort of stayed away from my grandchildren and my children. I don’t visit and they don’t visit.” She said the team spirit among her colleagues
had remained high. “We are a good team,” Ms Camilleri said. “I don’t think we’ve gone better or worse because we were always like that. We seem to support each other all the time. “he positive is we look out for each other. “he wellness hub is fantastic, I found, and you get that bit of time away from the ward. “We talk about normal everyday things – it’s not sort of in our faces all the time. “Because, you switch the TV on, and it’s in your face every minute of the day.” I think that the hub was a very good idea and I would recommend it to other staf members.”
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Bronwyn King Sydenham’s Bronwyn King handles communications and the switchboard at Footscray Hospital. She said being in Australia, the health system had more time than some other countries. “I think we are really well prepared,” she said. “We are lucky as we live in Australia – we have had time to prepare.” She described the camaraderie among colleagues as “pretty good”. Initially, her family held concerns about her being at work, but had since come around. “hey are ine, really,” Ms King said. “hey are all at home. “At irst they were worried, but not really anymore.” She said a positive to emerge from the coronavirus was that people were reaching out to each other. “Everyone is communicating a lot more and talking to each other – it’s nice to see.” Western Health is running a COVID community campaign under #ItsUpToUs. To ind out ways you can support health care workers, visit: www.itsuptous.com.au/
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Lending a helping hand to vulnerable patients While we have all been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, its impact is being felt more by some in our community than others. For patients undergoing cancer treatment, or those suffering a chronic health condition, a trip to the supermarket to stock up on pantry supplies can have a devastating impact. To minimise the risk of exposure to the virus, and to ensure patients are not missing out on basic pantry supplies, the Western Health Foundation has stepped in to lend a helping hand. Funded through generous cash donations from the community, the foundation is assisting some of our most vulnerable patients in the community by purchasing and delivering essential pantry staples. The patients, identiied through the BreastWest and Greatest Need support programs, will receive a delivery of essential grocery items including toilet paper and ingredients for meals and snacks. BreastWest support oficer Jennie Wetzler welcomed the support. “With supermarkets experiencing stock outages of many essential items, this directly affects our patients. The last thing we want is for our patients who are immunocompromised to have to make multiple trips to the supermarket and expose themselves unnecessarily just to ind basic grocery items,” she said. “At any time, a breast cancer diagnosis will have a inancial impact to patients. On top of
this some have lost their jobs or partners have lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 situation. “Through donations from the community we are able to support these patients and ensure they get the necessary items they need to get them through. “Seeing the joy, and relief, on the faces of our patients when they receive their grocery box is truly uplifting.” Patients identiied through the Greatest Need Project will also beneit from the grocery boxes. These patients are among some of the most vulnerable, often experiencing multiple hospital admissions for chronic conditions, as well as experiencing inancial hardship. Many do not have the ability, or access, to order groceries online and are putting themselves at risk by leaving home to get to the supermarket. Sunshine Hospital has established ’The Pantry’ for those in immediate need of necessary grocery items. This might be a patient being discharged to an empty home for example, to assist them in settling in and recovering for a few days without having the added worry of going to a supermarket. Patients can gain immediate access to basic grocery items donated through the Western Health Foundation. Plans are in progress for pantry staples to be available at Footscray Hospital in the near future. To make a donation visit whfoundation.org.au or call 8345 7660.
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Symmetry responds to work from home injuries The COVID-19 pandemic has presented a number of health concerns for people self-isolating and working from home and demand for physiotherapy services is more essential than ever. Symmetry Physiotherapy group, the leading Allied Health provider in the western and north-western suburbs, has responded to the changing needs of clients throughout the health emergency. Physiotherapist and director at Altona Meadows Ty Saunders says face-to-face consultations continue to provide new and existing clients with the highest level of care. Staff have been following guidelines set by the Health and Australian Physiotherapy Association ensuring clinics remain safe to attend. “A number of our clients have thanked us for remaining open and providing the care that they require to remain active or functioning at home,” Ty says. “Physiotherapy in the community is vital in the current environment to reduce the strain on the public healthcare system. “By remaining open and consulting with clients we are able to accurately assess client’s injuries and provide safe and progressive treatment plans tailored to an individual’s needs.” Symmetry physiotherapists are proicient in treating a range of injuries including neck and back pain, sporting injuries, headaches, pre and post operative rehabilitation. “We are inding people are reporting more posture-related neck and back pain and headaches from a poor workstation set-up,” Ty says. “In response to this, we have introduced new home workstation assessments to our services. “In the current and ever-changing environment,
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