Frankston Times 5 October 2021

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Walk runs for eight weeks

WOMEN wanting to head outdoors, improve their fitness, or who are craving some well-deserved “me” time may enjoy the free Walk 4 Wellbeing – an eight-week focus on recovery, self-care and reconnection that started last Saturday (2 October) and ends Sunday 28 November. Participants will be joined by an online community of like-minded women who are ready to get away from being overwhelmed, recover from the impacts of lockdowns and re-energise for the start of 2022. Women can join the event no matter where they are. Everyone’s journey is different, so participants choose their own experience by selecting their distance and the number of days they walk or run each week. They can sign up for five kilometres per week or choose a longer distance and challenge themselves to go further. Options include joining solo or with friends. For those with family and friends interstate or overseas this is a perfect opportunity to reconnect on a joint virtual adventure. The walk offers access to resources, including free webinars and prizes. The Walk 4 Wellbeing is an initiative of the Women’s Spirit Project, a group of women who volunteer their time to connect, motivate and support women to stay well through access to affordable health, fitness and wellbeing activities. The walk is supported by Family Life, Whise, RAW Travel, Monash University, Frankston Council, Frankston Revitalisation Board and Pressroom Philanthropy. Details: womensspiritproject.org/walk-for-wellbeing-2021

Hospitals on alert for COVID surge Stephen Taylor steve@baysidenews.com.au LOCAL hospitals are preparing for a spike in COVID-19 cases over the next few weeks. Acting on instructions from the state government restrictions were placed on elective surgery from Friday 1 October, and beds were set aside to treat pandemic patients. Ramsay Health Care’s chief nurse

and clinical services director Dr Bernadette Eather said elective procedures at the company’s hospitals, including Beleura Private, were being reduced. “As was the case last year when elective surgery was reduced, [we] are ready and willing to assist with the state’s pandemic response.” Dr Eather said Ramsay Health was “not currently treating any COVID-19 patients in our Victorian hospitals”. “We have a comprehensive pan-

demic management plan in place at all our sites, which includes appropriate processes and policies to manage any COVID-19 outbreaks in the community,” she said. Peninsula Health chief operating officer Helen Cooper said she was “absolutely aware of the potential for a spike of COVID-19 cases on the peninsula” but was confident its hospitals at Frankston and Rosebud had enough surge capacity and suitable areas re-

served for treating patients if a spike eventuated. Ms Cooper said modelling suggested a “different type” of patient and possibly higher numbers than were treated at the peak of last year’s pandemic. This was because the more virulent Delta strain was being picked up by younger people rather than the elderly and those in age-care. “We have a significant number of places we can surge to,” she said. “We

will be able to work it out.” Ms Cooper said the Frankston and Rosebud hospitals “had the luxury” of not being inundated by the high numbers of patients seen by their northern and western suburbs counterparts. “Our staff are well prepared and trained for this,” she said. Four COVID-19 patients were being treated at Frankston Hospital last week.

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