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Coffs health care winners and finalists By Andrea FERRARI A RAFT of local individuals and businesses have been named winners and finalists in the Healthy North Coast Primary Care Excellence Awards held on Tuesday 25 November at Pacific Bay Resort. The event brought together 175 primary health care professionals and partners from the region to honour individuals and teams for their exemplary work in community health care. This was the first Awards ceremony held since 2017. The program received 57 nominations across nine
q Excellence in Allied Health Achievement award winner, Coffs Coast Sports Physiotherapy’s Trent Renshaw, with North Coast Allied Health Association CEO Alira Bayndrian.
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‘IT WAS HORRIBLE’ Man, 31, faces court after alleged aged care facility rape
By Miklos BOLZA, AAP
A 76-YEAR-OLD aged-care resident seen half-naked after being allegedly raped by a
man who broke into her room told her son she thought she was going to die.
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