Community support provides cool outcome
6 May 2025
Contributions from the Stawell community has resulted in the purchase of a third vaccine refrigerator for Stawell Medical Centre.
Stawell Medical Centre Manager Kelly Lee said the new $4000 fridge had arrived just in time for flu season.
“We needed a third fridge to ensure enough space to stock all the vaccines required for our patients,” Ms Lee said.
“The fridge was purchased with a collection of small donations made to Grampians Health Stawell but the majority was from the Community Benefit Program at Ritchies IGA supermarket,” she said.
“We are very grateful to IGA’s initiative for their card members and particularly to their customers who choose Grampians Health Stawell as their nominated organisation.
“The Stawell community have been so supportive and it is important that they are the people who will benefit from this purchase.”
Ms Lee said the new vaccine fridge at Stawell Medical Centre would allow her team to continue providing high quality patient care with vaccinations against influenza, Covid-19, shingles and a range of childhood conditions.
Grampians Health Chief of People and Culture Claire Woods thanked the Stawell community for supporting the Stawell Medical Centre.
“Stawell can be very proud of the team behind its hospital, Macpherson Smith care community and medical centre and the people have played a big part in enhancing our local services so that we improve our health and wellbeing,” Ms Woods said.