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Reconciliation Action Plan Orbost Regional Health joined other public health services across East Gippsland came to launch a collaborative Reconciliation...

Orbost District Together was established in 2025 to support community groups to connect and work together. Does your community group need assistance:Running...

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Gippsland Local Health Service Network From July 1, 2025, Victoria’s Local Health Service Networks (Networks) will be officially established. The Networks...

Orbost Regional Health (ORH) continues to expand the specialist treatment and diagnostic services that are available in Orbost. Last month the health service...

Though they have now arrived in the same place, the journeys that Orbost Regional Health nurses Dan Samarakoon and Zoe Jenkins took to get here could not...

Amanda Burn, Orbost Regional Health’s Administration Services Team Leader. When we think of frontline health workers, who usually comes to mind? Most people...

If they turned the community of Orbost into a gangster movie, Belinda Borley would be “the fixer.” “When people need something, if they need a little help,...

Lee-Anne Marshall, a Registered Nurse who has looked after patients at the Orbost hospital since 1978, was one of a number of Orbost Regional Health (ORH)...

ORH’s Community and Home Support Services is a caring friend that supports and encourages people in the community that need a little assistance. It is a...

In every home, all over the world, there is that one special drawer in the kitchen. You know the one. You’ve got one too. It’s where you put things that you...

ORH Nurse Unit Manager, Kim Griebenow. Photo: Jake Lynch/ORH Kim Griebenow is a highly-skilled, passionate, accomplished and ambitious woman, whose whole...

Meals on Wheels volunteer Shirley Aquilina delivering to client, Athalie Mason. Today on National Meals on Wheels Day (Wednesday, 30 August), the iconic and...

ORH Chef Rob Symons and Apprentice Gail Johnson. Photo by Jake Lynch/ORH Orbost Regional Health, like the community it serves, is a mixture of new faces and...

Some people find their calling at an early age. For some, it comes to them as a character in a kid’s storybook, or as a uniformed hero flashing through a...

Dr. Lindy Washington, an experienced senior emergency doctor who recently completed a Masters in Clinical Service Operations at Harvard University, has...

Recruitment and training of health care workers, further developing the working relationship with other hospitals in the region, and continuing to pursue...

It is a time of both celebration and careful planning at Orbost Regional Health with the news that two of the Medical Clinic’s GPs are expecting new...

Moogji Aboriginal Council in Orbost is in the process of redeveloping its medical centre facility on Stanley Street, allowing it to expand the health...

Orbost Regional Health (ORH) has purchased the Merindah Centre building on Forest Road, and will use the space to provide aged care and disability services,...

We are seeking input from the community about what changes and improvements the health service should prioritise. The ORH Community Needs Survey will gather...

Orbost Regional Health is looking to grow and expand its Diversity Committee, and is seeking community members that can offer new perspectives into how the...

The Australian summer is no joke. For many people, particularly the elderly or those with health conditions, it can be a dangerous time. It is important that...

There is a saying about teddy bears, that they sleep all day so they can stay awake at night to chase away bad dreams. For kids and grownups everywhere, the...

Here’s a simple truth: as we get older, the everyday things we used to be able to do with ease sometimes get a little harder. Sometimes they get a lot...

New ORH Physiotherapist Jonas Hirang. Whether it be a large hospital in the metropolis of Manilla, or a country hospital in the rural surrounds of East...

“We want to make this beautiful area of ours stand out as a great place for GPs and their families to be,” says Orbost Regional Health CEO Vicki Farthing....

The main entrance at Orbost Regional Health (ORH) will undergo renovation work in the coming months, which will mean temporary changes to how you access the...

The shortage of doctors in rural communities all over Australia is a decades-old problem for which, unfortunately, no one has yet invented a magic cure....

Photo courtesy mensshed.org The Orbost Men’s Shed is looking for local blokes of all ages interested in getting together to work on projects for themselves...

KEY POINTSSix-month Certificate III in Individual SupportCourse starts June 28For more information email mitchell.schwenke@orh.com.au or call 5154 6635....

KEY POINTS:Cardiac Rehab group exercise sessions are back at ORH. One-on-one appointments also available.For more information about Cardiac Rehabilitation...

ORH Diversity Plan Community Consultation Session Tuesday, 5 April from 2 – 4pm More info:Orbost Regional Health Diversity Manager Andrew Phillips0438 546...

50 What do you want your local health care service to provide for you and your family in the years ahead? Orbost Regional Health is currently undertaking a...

Is it possible to calculate how many people a nurse has helped over a 40-year career? Probably not, except to marvel at the real, human impact that nurse has...

The past couple of years have been challenging for health services everywhere. Here in East Gippsland, our health care workers have done a remarkable job in...

Have you ever been around someone who truly, passionately loves the work that they do? It’s energising. The excitement and joy radiates off them like...

People need people. These many months of lockdowns and isolation have certainly made us more aware of that than ever. The urge to see and talk to other...