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Kingaroy Rotary club members Vince Evans, Val Hooper, Sgt Wayne Bushell, Cr Damien Tessmann and Jeff Castledine, with Dalby Burnett Patrol Inspector Michael Bianchi, centre, present a cheque for more than $31,000 to Clinical Nurse Consultant Palliative Care Co-Ordinator Vivette White<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

November 27, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kingaroy Rotary’s $30,000 “problem” has been solved … with a cheque to purchase equipment for palliative care services in the South Burnett.<\/p>\n

The money was raised in 2014 at a special joint Rotary \/ Queensland Police ball in Kingaroy to create two palliative care units in Kingaroy.<\/p>\n

When that project did not go ahead, the service club was left with the unusual problem of having too much money on its hands.<\/p>\n

A solution became clearer when the position of a Palliative Care Co-Ordinator was created in the South Burnett earlier this year by the Darling Downs & District Health Service to provide much-needed support in the local community.<\/p>\n

Clinical Nurse Consultant Vivette White was appointed to the role, which is based in Wondai but services the whole South Burnett.<\/p>\n

The aim of the program is to keep people at home for as long as possible and since February, more than 100 people with terminal illnesses have been assisted.<\/p>\n

The equipment purchased via the Rotary donation assists with this stay-at-home care.<\/p>\n

A cheque was presented to Ms White by representatives from Kingaroy Rotary and the Queensland Police Service on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

Police Sergeant Wayne Bushell, who is also a Rotary Club member, provided the catering for the 2014 ball.<\/p>\n

He said another joint Rotary \/ Police Charity Ball was now being planned for May 2016, with more details to be revealed soon.<\/p>\n

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