Amalgamation approved

Dhelkaya Health CEO Sue Race (CEO) is pictured with Board Directors Peggy Ronnau and Vanessa Healy.
Dhelkaya Health CEO Sue Race (CEO) is pictured with Board Directors Peggy Ronnau and Vanessa Healy.

The state government has approved the amalgamation of the Maldon Hospital and Castlemaine Health.
The boards of Maldon Hospital and Castlemaine Health have welcomed the government’s approval of their integration proposal.
The new look health service will be united under the new title of ‘Dhelkaya Health’ and will officially merge to one service next Tuesday March 1, 2022.
The integration follows more than 42 years of strong collaboration and partnership between the two health services.
Castlemaine Health and Maldon Hospital CEO Sue Race will continue in her role as Chief Executive Officer for the newly integrated organisation.
Ms Race said that staff, residents and the community can expect the same excellent care they always have, with local teams focusing on the needs of patients and residents at each health service. See the Mail for the full story. Out Now.

Lisa Dennis
Editor of the Castlemaine Mail newspaper and senior journalist on our sister paper the Midland Express. Over the last 24 years Lisa been proudly reporting news in the Mount Alexander and Macedon Ranges communities.