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Jess Fairfax is encouraging residents to minimise the amount of waste they’re producing in July.
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The Werribee River Association has one question for Wyndham residents: how low can you go? Plastic and pollution often ends up in local waterways so the association is encouraging community members to try to reduce their waste for the month of July. Werribee River Association sustainability project officer Jess Fairfax said there are number of steps people can take to participate. “First refuse, then reuse, repair, recycle and right down the bottom, is disposal. The ‘How Low Can You Go?’ initiative is a way to communicate to our community the different ways we can implement this hierarchy into our lives,” Ms Fairfax said. “This includes visiting the various produce swaps around Wyndham, the repair cafe, utilising the community recycling stations, and finding innovative ways to avoid single-use plastic. These are all things that can reduce what ends up in our bin each week. “Community members can join, send us a pic of your bin on bin night and commit to trying to get it lower throughout Plastic-Free July.” Details: https://www.facebook.com/ groups/370631601784545.
Easing the care squeeze Werribee Mercy has welcomed the installation of a temporary emergency department short stay unit, set to increase capacity in the hospital. The temporary building was craned into the north-east corner of the premises, near the Hoppers Lane carpark, last week. The short stay unit will provide an additional 24 beds for emergency department patients with non-critical injuries, infections or those who need further observation before being either discharged or admitted
to the hospital. Mercy Health hopes the unit will help to reduce waiting times and ensure limited beds in the emergency department are saved for patients who need them the most. Werribee Mercy Hospital general manager Maree Pane said the short stay spaces located inside the existing emergency department will be moved into the modular building. “This temporary unit will be ideal for patients who might present with a sprained ankle or a broken wrist,” Ms Pane said.
“It will be good for patients who need some medical care but are unlikely to need admission to a ward.” Mercy Health Services chief executive, Adjunct Professor Jason Payne, said the short stay unit will be a temporary solution for the growing community in Melbourne’s west. “The temporary unit highlights that we have the space available for an expansion and the state government’s willingness to identify a short term opportunity demonstrates that it understands the critical need for both
expansion and investment in the Wyndham corridor,” he said. Mercy Health will recruit medical, nursing and allied health leaders for the short stay unit, including a medical director, a nurse unit manager and more nurses, allied health, clerical and environmental services staff. Once all the modular structures arrive on site, a fit out of the buildings will occur before the short stay unit is expected to be ready for use in late July or early August.
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