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Celebrating our dedicated staff! 27 July 2021 Congratulations to our May Employee of the Month Award winner Ross Manning, Manager General Support Services at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (SCGH). Ross was nominated for this award by Linda Davies, Manager Patient Support Services, who said Ross is an exceptional contributor to the Patient Support Services (PSS) team and is recognised for his value-based leadership and his extraordinary work ethic. Nothing is too much trouble for Ross and he always puts the needs of others before his own. His role is demanding, particularly considering the challenges COVID-19 has presented and the recent addition of General Support Services at Osborne Park Hospital to his role. Despite this, Ross goes about his work positively and without complaint. Ross is a role model in the PSS team, always demonstrating commitment and care for our patients and team members. The PSS leadership team and his colleag... -
Celebrating our dedicated staff! 16 July 2021 Congratulations to our April Employee of the Month Award winner, Dr Rajesh Thomas, Respiratory Consultant at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. Rajesh was nominated for this award by Professor Fraser Brims on behalf of the SCGH lung cancer team for his dedication to his patients and his exceptional commitment to improving the lung cancer service. Collectively, the multidisciplinary team strongly support Rajesh to be recognised in this way, for his extraordinary care and dedication to his patients. As the lead for lung cancer at SCGH since 2018, Rajesh has a unique skill set in advanced bronchoscopy and is regularly called in, out of hours for life threatening emergencies from advanced lung cancer. He leads the weekly SCGH lung cancer multidisciplinary team (MDT) meeting with up to 20 patients discussed each week, as well as supervising and mentoring trainees and future specialists. Rajesh&... -
It's National Diabetes Week 15 July 2021 National Diabetes Week is this year celebrating one hundred years since the discovery of insulin (external site) by a team of scientists at the University of Toronto, a finding that saved millions of lives. Prior to this, diabetes was ‘managed’ with fasting and severe calorie restricted diets and was considered a fatal condition, usually causing death within a few months of diagnosis. Following the discovery by Sir Frederick G Banting, Charles Best and John MacLeod at the University of Toronto in 1921, 14-year-old Leonard Thompson became the first person to receive an injection of insulin. With some early adjustments, Leonard lived for another 13 years with insulin therapy. “Since 1921, insulin has since saved millions of lives and is considered to be one the greatest medical achievements of all time,” said Sandra Wilberforce, Clinical Nurse Consultant – Dia... -
Refurbishment works at SCGH - Balbuk Bidi Watling Walk and retail precinct renewal project 08 July 2021 Balbuk Bidi Watling Walk and retail precinct renewal project Watling Walk and the E Block retail precinct are both having a facelift! Work on renewing Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital’s main north-south corridor and re-activating the retail precinct begins on 2 August 2021. In line with our commitment to creating a culturally secure environment at our sites, Watling Walk will be renamed and will now be known as Balbuk Bidi Watling Walk. My sincere thanks to the SCGOPHCG Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing Committee for your work on the dual-naming project which will see some key areas at SCGH, including Balbuk Bidi Watling Walk renamed. Signage reflecting the name changes will be updated in due course. Balbuk Bidi is named in recognition of Fanny Balbuk Yooreel, who was a prominent Noongar Whadjuk woman, known for her unwavering commitment to maintaining her land rights. Balbuk would walk... -
WA’s unique Asbestos Review Program celebrates its 5000th participant 02 July 2021 Thirty years ago, in response to increasing concern over the health of thousands of WA workers and families after exposure to asbestos dust, a world-unique program was established in WA. Last year, the Asbestos Review Program celebrated its 30th anniversary;this year, it celebrates its5000th participant. The Asbestos Review Program (ARP) looks after people who have worked with or been exposed to asbestos, seeing nearly 2000 people per year and is based in the Respiratory Department at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. During this time the ARP has performed more than 29,000 chest x-rays, 11,500 CT scans, 45,000 blood tests and 49,000 lung function tests. Prof Fraser Brims, Head of the Respiratory Department and Director of the ARP, said the ARP has pioneered modern technology in recent years with ultra-low dose CT scans to detect lung cancer at an early stage, when it can be successfully tr...
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12/04/2021