WA Epilepsy Action Group members posing with Friends of the Hospital volunteers display the colour purple to mark epilepsy awareness day.
Camera IconWA Epilepsy Action Group members posing with Friends of the Hospital volunteers display the colour purple to mark epilepsy awareness day. Credit: Supplied/Supplied

Peel Health Campus painted purple for epilepsy awareness

Rachel FennerMandurah Coastal Times

PEEL Health Campus staff members painted the hospital purple on March 26 for Purple Day. Purple Day is a global initiative to raise awareness for epilepsy. The event was driven by hospital volunteers. The campus arranged a morning tea and sold merchandise to celebrate the day.

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Peel will take their support even further and provide the space for local community members to hold a regular support group, which will offer help, advice and guidance. For more information on epilepsy visit www.epilepsywa.asn.au.