{"id":99029,"date":"2025-03-22T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/?p=99029"},"modified":"2025-03-19T22:10:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T11:10:27","slug":"celebrating-15-years-of-heathcote-primary-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/news\/celebrating-15-years-of-heathcote-primary-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating 15 years of Heathcote Primary Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DOCTORS, nurses and staff members from Heathcote Health and Heathcote Primary Health celebrated 15 years of working together this week with a special luncheon.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Executive Officer of Heathcote Health, Dan Douglass, said the collaboration had been the best possible move for Heathcote Health.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I believe it saved the hospital,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I could not be prouder of the way we work together for the Heathcote community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Heathcote Health and Heathcote Primary Health work together seamlessly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The service is easily accessible for everyone and the care for patients shines out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am very pleased to announce that we have signed up for another 15 years of this partnership.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dr Adel Asaid, Director Heathcote Primary Health and St Anthony Family Medical Practice, thanked staff for their support over the past fifteen years.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038 \" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/03\/HHgroupphoto_93222.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"476\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Staff from Heathcote Health and Heathcote Primary Health celebrated 15 years of working together with a special luncheon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Without the continued commitment from all involved this could not have happened,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The staff are all amazing and this is one of the most successful practices we have.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone puts the community first and provides the best medicine.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whenever I visit, I have a big smile on my face.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is beautiful, and I am looking forward to the next fifteen years of working together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The luncheon was attended by current Heathcote Primary Health doctors, staff and practice manager Michelle Carroll.<\/p>\n<p>A special guest was Dr Safaa Essa, a former member of the practice who returned for the celebration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DOCTORS, nurses and staff members from Heathcote Health and Heathcote Primary Health celebrated 15 years of working together this week with a special luncheon. 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