	{"id":113909,"date":"2025-07-05T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=113909"},"modified":"2025-07-02T17:39:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:39:30","slug":"new-24-7-cafe-options-for-hospital-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/new-24-7-cafe-options-for-hospital-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"New 24\/7 cafe options for hospital staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST John of God (SJOG) Ballarat Hospital staff now have access to a new self-service cafe in what the organisation says is an Australian first for hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>The Morsl Micro Market is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. 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