Wimmera Health Care Group Foundation 

In 2025, WIM Resource donated $5,000.00 to the Wimmera Health Care Group Foundation. 
The Foundation provided funds to Grampians Health $46,000 to purchase the high-quality Swiss-made examination microscope or ‘slit-lamp’. The device provides a 3D high magnification view of the eye. 

ED Head of Unit Dr Peter Carter said the new slit lamp replaced a 20-year-old device that couldn’t display images or save them. 

“This microscope has simpler use, more features and higher power and we now have the capacity to document and potentially send images as required.” Dr Carter said. 

“It is getting used every single day in ED and it is also ideal for educating our junior doctors on eye injuries. We are very happy with this new acquisition and very grateful for it.” 

Dr Carter thanked the Foundation for its support. 

“If we didn’t have the support from the Foundation, it would be very difficult to upgrade or increase our instrument stocks because there is such a great demand on the system,” he said. 

“Funding groups such as the Foundation are just so important to us.”

Picture: Emergency Department Head of Unit Dr Peter Cater, right, shows the new slit lamp to WHCG Foundation director Richard Goudie.