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PetersProject
PETERS Project is a campaign
to bring improved cancer-care
services to south-west Victoria,
named in honour of Peter Jellie
who lost his life to cancer in 2009.
The project aims to integrate
and develop cancer-care services
to provide a one-stop shop for
patients in south-west Victoria
and south-east South Australia.
The campaign was officially
launched on February 17 last
year and was the first step
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Support for
Vickis dream
By ALEX SINNOTT
THE dream of one woman determined to see cancer patients
receive proper medical care in
their community has achieved
much in a short period.
Warrnambool woman Vicki
Jellie launched Peters Project
12 months ago, recruiting some
of the districts best-known
movers and shakers to fight
for an integrated cancer-care
centre based in the south-west.
Midfield Meat chief executive Colin McKenna, former
Warrnambool mayor Glenys
Phillpot, St John of God
Healthcare chief executive Glyn
Palmer, oncologist Terri Hayes
and chartered accountant
Michael Beks all joined her
crusade when the initiative was
launched in February 2010.
The campaign was established in response to the federal
government commissioning
cancer centre feasibility studies
in a number of regional cities
throughout Australia.
Warrnambool missed out on
a federal study early last year
a hurdle which only steeled
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