NEWLY donated life-saving machines at Frankston Hospital have been dedicated to the lives of the police officers killed in the 2020 Eastern Freeway tragedy.
The Victoria Police Blue Ribbon Foundation’s peninsula branch has raised funds to install two Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation machines at the intensive care unit in Frankston Hospital. On Monday, 4 August, they unveiled commemorative plaques for the ECMO intensive care unit – it will be dedicated to Leading Senior Constable Lynette Taylor, Senior Constable Kevin King, Constable Joshua Prestney, and Constable Glen Humphris.
The Police Memorial Dedication Ceremony at Frankston Arts Centre was attended by Victoria Police chief commissioner Mike Bush, assistant commissioner Glen Weir, Victoria Police Blue Ribbon Foundation Peninsula Branch president Darryl Nation, Peninsula Health CEO Helen Cooper, Victoria Police Blue Ribbon Foundation chairman David Mann, and the families of the police officers killed on the Eastern Freeway.
In a statement, Peninsula Health said it is “extremely grateful to Blue Ribbon Foundation – Peninsula Branch for their extraordinary ongoing support, and to the families of the police members, who have allowed us to honour their loved ones within our health service.”
The Blue Ribbon peninsula branch is now fundraising for a Fetal Monitoring Service.
First published in the Frankston Times – 12 August 2025