Walking track ready to get a workout (Australia)

"Rehabilitation patients can finally escape the confines of hospital walls thank to the completion of a walking track at Albury Base Hospital. The $10,000 track has been three years in the making, with significant donations from Turner Constructions, The Rockyard and Mini-Crete as well as funding and more than 150 hours of volunteer labour from the Albury West Rotary Club. The 250m track starts at a concrete ramp outside the rehabilitation gym, leads into a concrete path that moves around the western corner of the building and finishes with a clay loop around native gardens and bench seats. Cardiac care co-ordinator Tracy Ehlers said the track would be used daily by cardio rehabilitation, physiotherapy and occupational therapy patients. 'It's good for the cardio patients to get away from the hospital ward because there are no nurses there to guide them, so it builds their independence back up again,' she said. After three years of hard work, Albury West Rotary Club president Greg Barlow said his members were pleased to see the project completed." - Border Mail