MORE than 1000 people in the Frankston area registered to be organ donors last year. Organ donation has the potential to save and transform lives. Carrum Downs man, Matt Ngaputa-Cripps, had his life changed after a lung transplant in 2018. Mr Ngaputa-Cripps was diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis about 15 years ago. It is an inflammatory disease which affects the bones and organs. The disease left him chronically unwell. He spent time in and out of hospitals, and said he “did life from a chair”. After a lung transplant, Mr Ngaputa-Cripps’ life has changed. He now runs three businesses and enjoys…
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FIVE new sculptures will be installed around Frankston in the next 12 months. Council’s sculpture program is delivered in partnership with Sculptures By The Sea and McClelland Sculpture Park + Gallery. Council’s budget for this financial year included an investment in public art. The mayor Kris Bolam said “council has worked hard to build our city’s impressive collection of public art, which features interactive murals, dynamic sculptures, public performances and the popular yearly street art festival, Big Picture Fest, with an investment of $140,000 to $180,000 annually.” “In June 2021, Council endorsed its new budget, which provides an investment of…
A SPECIALIST surgeon has performed the Mornington Peninsula’s first liver resection using a surgical robot. Associate Professor Charles Pilgrim performed the surgical-first earlier this month at Peninsula Private Hospital. The patient was a 49-year-old woman whose bowel cancer had spread to her liver. Dr Pilgrim, the first surgeon in Victoria to use the da Vinci Xi robot for liver resections, said the cutting edge technology was great news for the hospital. “Using the da Vinci Xi robot means we can perform surgery with the minimally invasive approach more often, expanding what is possible using the keyhole approach,” Dr Pilgrim said.…
A MAN has been charged with murder after the death of a man at a Petrie Street property. Police were called to the Frankston property just before 3am on 4 August. There they found an injured man. Emergency service workers treated the man, but he died at the scene. At around midday that day, police arrested a 53-year-old man in Frankston. He was subsequently charged with murder. The charged man was scheduled to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court last week. First published in the Frankston Times – 10 August 2021
A PLAN has been put forward to construct two huge buildings standing at 30 and 22 storeys on Davey Street. If it goes ahead, the development will be constructed on 6-12 Davey Street, Frankston. The proposal will mean the demolition of heritage buildings on the site, and construction of a building with two towers of twenty-two and thirty storeys plus three basement levels. The buildings will be used for accommodation – a residential hotel with 200 rooms and 4 serviced apartments, and 116 apartments. The proposal also asks for a reduction in car parking requirements, to display internally illuminated business…