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Each year on 16 October, we celebrate National Anaesthesia Day, marking the anniversary of the first public demonstration of ether anaesthetic in 1846. For Dr Darcy McFarland, Anaesthetist at Albury Wodonga Health, the journey into medicine began close to home.

Diabetes, thunderstorm asthma, antibiotic allergies and the role of virtual reality in overcoming needle phobia — these were just some of the subjects explored at the Regional Research Symposium 2025, co-hosted by Albury Wodonga Health (AWH) and the University of New South Wales (UNSW) on Tuesday 14 October at The Cube, Wodonga.

Albury Wodonga Health staff Jill Pearson and Amelia McGrath are bringing Brighter Beginnings to local NSW preschools, providing free four-year-old health and development checks to help kids thrive.

This week, Albury Wodonga Health (AWH) and Charles Sturt University (CSU) came together to celebrate the incredible contribution of our allied health student supervisors with special morning teas and awards at the Albury and Wodonga campuses.

Thanks to a generous donation of over $27,000 from The Commercial Club Albury, Albury Wodonga Health (AWH) is now using cryoprobe technology in its Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) procedures, a significant step forward for lung cancer care in our region.