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Congratulations Shane Boney

Shane is a local Bourke and Far West New South Wales Medical Local Aboriginal Health Worker. He has been employed in this position for the past five years.

He has always had a passion for primary health and when he had the opportunity to further his studies at Deakin, he quickly got on board!
'The main reason for completing this course was because I see a lot of my people living with Diabetes and the impacts of having it. I feel as though I can help reduce the numbers through education and programs.'

Congratulations Shane Boney on his successful completion on the graduate certificate in Diabetes Education at Deakin University.

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Medical maggots make a comeback

Maggots at Deakin's Waurn Ponds campus will be put to work on Bairnsdale ulcer wounds, to eat away dead flesh and improve healing in a pilot study being developed with Barwon Health.

Deakin microbiologist and researcher Dr Melanie Thomson yesterday said maggot use was just one olden-day remedy that could be employed in the apocalyptic age of antibiotic resistance and superbugs.

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Congratulations Shane Boney

Shane is a local Bourke and Far West New South Wales Medical Local Aboriginal Health Worker. He has been employed in this position for the past five years.

He has always had a passion for primary health and when he had the opportunity to further his studies at Deakin, he quickly got on board!
'The main reason for completing this course was because I see a lot of my people living with Diabetes and the impacts of having it. I feel as though I can help reduce the numbers through education and programs.'

Congratulations Shane Boney on his successful completion on the graduate certificate in Diabetes Education at Deakin University.

Website containing more information on Congratulations Shane Boney



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3rd September 2008