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Don't lose your voice - Rosie's story 03 September 2021 In August we officially launched the video “Don’t lose your voice - Rosie’s story,” in which Rosie Charlie proudly shares her experience of having a laryngectomy from diagnosis to treatment and beyond. In this video, the first laryngectomy resource developed specifically for Aboriginal patients, Rosie bravely tells her story with the hope of helping others who are faced with the terrifying news of having their voice box removed. The video production was funded through the Charlies Foundation for Research "Bright Ideas Grant Program" awarded to Melanie Sonsee, SCGH Speech Pathologist. The video was produced with the assistance of SCGH staff including - Aboriginal Liaison Officers and staff of G64 and the ENT Outpatient Department and is available throughout Australia. We're so thrilled to see excellent resources like these become available far and wide and we thank... -
Rapid Recruitment welcomes 29 in ED 02 September 2021 Across NMHS we have identified a number of strategies to support rapid recruitment while remaining committed to securing the required skilled staff to meet our current demand. We have increased the numbers of permanent nursing positions and we’re attracting new staff to the organisation. Our SCGH Emergency Department is leading the charge in large scale, successful recruitment with 25 new Registered Nurses starting with us next week, as well as four Mental Health Nurses to ensure mental health patients in the ED are able to be cared for by suitably skilled nursing staff. The ED leadership team has come up with creative ways to support this large number of new starters to ensure there is a safe and structured introduction to SCGOPHCG. Welcome to the NMHS family. -
Thanks to NIISwa during Stroke Awareness Week 01 September 2021 This week is National Stroke Week with a focus on the SCGOPHCG Neurological Intervention and Imaging Service of Western Australia (NIISwa) and their incredible work for stroke patients. Getting the best outcomes in stroke is a team effort and NIISwa works very closely with the departments of emergency medicine, imaging, neurology, anaesthesia, neurosurgery, ICU, and the specialty wards. In partnering with St John’s Ambulance and Royal Flying Doctor Service the service has been able to expedite the transfer of stroke victims as quickly as possible to NIISwa centres where a clot retrieval can be performed. Last year the NIISwa team performed approximately 330 emergency stroke clot retrievals for the state, almost one per day, with an estimated 100 patients per year that avoided life-long care and dependency. “The chances of a patient making a good recovery from a severe stroke... -
Speech Pathology at SCGH 26 August 2021 The busy speech pathology team at SCGH sees more than 250 patients a month across a full spectrum from emergency and critical care to outpatients and everything in between. Debilitating communication and swallowing disorders are especially prevalent in certain cancers, neurology and aged care and people of every age and background come through their doors for life-changing therapies. The theme for Speech Pathology Week 2021 was ‘Communication is everyone’s right’ and no one can identify with this more than 57-year-old teacher’s assistant Anita Woodall who lost her voice completely almost a year ago without any noticeable symptoms. “Over about one week my voice faded to a whisper, and with a couple of short spells of my voice coming and going, I whispered consistently for about five months,” said Anita. “No one realises how noisy the world is unti... -
Balbuk Bidi Watling Walk and Retail Precinct Renewal Project 24 August 2021 Watling Walk and the E Block Retail Precinct are both having facelifts! Work on renewing the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital’s main north-south corridor and re-activating the Retail Precinct began on 5 August 2021. The E Street corridor has now been added to the schedule of works. Watling Walk will also gain a new name and will now be known as Balbuk Bidi Watling Walk. The Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing Committee completed a dual-naming project in 2020 for some areas at SCGH, including Balbuk Bidi Watling Walk. Balbuk Bidi is named in recognition of Fanny Balbuk Yooreel, who was a prominent Noongar Whadjuk woman, known for her unwavering commitment for maintaining her land right. Balbuk would walk the track between her birth site and the railway station, regardless of any new obstacles, buildings or fences. The Balbuk Bidi Watling Walk works include new flooring, painting walls and ...
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12/04/2021