WHO International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife: Meet Arlene Lavilla and Cathy Foley

Lisa Tisdell
Updated January 23 2020 - 3:44pm, first published January 12 2020 - 5:00pm
Rewarding career: Port Macquarie Base Hospital midwives Arlene Lavilla (left) and Cathy Foley (right) with Allison Gwilliam and her newborn Reef Cameron.
Rewarding career: Port Macquarie Base Hospital midwives Arlene Lavilla (left) and Cathy Foley (right) with Allison Gwilliam and her newborn Reef Cameron.

This is part one of a series profiling nurses and midwives in our area. The year 2020 is the World Health Organization's International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. The year-long effort celebrates the work of nurses and midwives.

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Lisa Tisdell

Lisa Tisdell

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I'm a Port Macquarie News journalist, keen traveller, angler and cricket fan.

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