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Dysphagia. A difficult diagnosis to swallow! 16 March 2021 Do you know the average Australian swallows 500-700 times a day. That’s around three times an hour during sleep, once per minute while awake and even more during meals. Most Australians are unaware how difficulty with swallowing can be frightening and life threatening. It’s why on Wednesday 17 March 2021, Peta Graciet, Senior Speech Pathologist at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, SCGH, is promoting Swallowing Awareness Day. Swallowing Awareness Day 2021 is an opportunity to bring attention to swallowing disorders and to connect people with speech pathologists, the professionals who can help. Speech Pathologists assess and treat people with Dysphagia (difficulty swallowing) – pronounced ‘dis-fay-juh’. The theme for Swallowing Awareness Day in 2021 is: ‘Dysphagia. A difficult diagnosis to swallow!’ Around 15‐30 per cent of people aged 65+ living in t... -
International Women’s Day #ChooseToChallenge 05 March 2021 International Women’s Day (external site) is on 8 March, and is a day to celebrate women's achievement, raise awareness against bias and act for equality. This year’s theme encourages us to #ChooseToChallenge and work together to help create an inclusive world. Watch this video of our wonderful NMHS colleagues all raising their hand to show they are choosing to challenge and calling out inequality. Some of the reasons our staff are choosing to challenge are: I challenge a commitment to cultural diversity among our leaders. I challenge services to provide easy access to reliable health information in culturally diverse languages and forms. I choose to challenge inequality and work tirelessly to empower women to live a life free of violence. I challenge the sexual harassment still experienced by women in work and education places around the world. I cha... -
Vibrant, colourful van attracts positive feedback 02 March 2021 Students from Clontarf Aboriginal College (external site) have painted a dental van as part of a collaborative with Dental Health Services (DHS). The colourful and vibrant van, which is used to deliver mobile dental services, is attracting very positive feedback. Clontarf’s lead on this project, Peter Fatupaito, said the Year 7-12 students were asked to create an individual piece of art of their choice, which was later shared with the DHS team who selected the designs they liked. “One key feature was a snake with colours representing the Noongar six seasons,” he said. “There was also a turtle, which is a favourite animal for the artist, a black swan to represent Perth, but with Aboriginal patterns inside linking it back to the first nations people, and a willie wagtail, which is a commonly seen bird by many of the students.” “To demonstrate acceptance... -
Resources to help manage anxiety about the COVID-19 vaccine 26 February 2021 The COVID-19 vaccine rollout will start in Australia next week. Whilst many people will be happy with this development, some people will be feeling anxious about getting the vaccine. Needle phobias are common, and are estimated to affect around 10% of the population. To support people with needle phobia, and the health professionals treating them, the Centre for Clinical Interventions (CCI) (external site)has developed some information sheets explaining needle phobia (PDF) and how to manage it (PDF). Some people may also feel anxious about the COVID-19 vaccine due to more general concerns about vaccines. It is important to base health decisions on credible information. There are many sources of information about vaccines and it can be hard to make sense of conflicting information. To assist with this, CCI created an information sheet with some tips (PDF) to help evaluate the credibility ... -
SCGH Cardiothoracic Surgeon's ground-breaking technique 12 February 2021 Dr Kaushalendra Singh Rathore, Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital has mastered the Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (MIDCABG) technique. Multi-vessel Coronary artery bypass is the most common cardiac surgery. Dr Rathore performs all his cases Off Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (OPCABG), where the patient’s heart does not need to be stopped. This practice is good for the patient as recovery is fast and outcomes are equivalent to on pump surgery. While most of the OPCABG is done through the front (sternotomy), while utilising the MIDCABG procedure Dr Rathore only needs to make a small incision on the left side of the chest meaning the incision is more cosmetic, less invasive, and surgery is done while the patient’s heart is beating with the help of vacuum suction stabiliser. The largest benefit of the MIDCABG techni...
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18/10/2023