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  • Mental Health Service Donation to Ukraine 10 August 2022 MHPHDS Clinical Equipment Coordinator, Chloe Davies, has been busy upgrading equipment for us at Graylands Hospital including securing a Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation machine which uses brain stimulation to impact the central nervous system by applying powerful magnetic fields to certain parts of the brain to help with neurological issues. In the course of sourcing this new machines and other equipment for our services, she has amassed a number of ‘retired’ resources that needed a new home, including vital signs monitors and bladder scanners. Chloe has a history of making connections with charitable organisations for the purposes of donating medical equipment and this time she reached out to the Ukrainian Association of Western Australia (UAWA). With her great efforts, she has managed to facilitate the donation of this equipment to be shipped to war-stricken Ukraine for u...
  • WA’s first ‘Public Health Nutritionists’ 10 August 2022 NMHS is the proud place of employment of WA’s first 'Public Health Nutritionists' with Julia Platts and Michael Clow becoming the first people to be appointed to this position in Western Australia. As Public Health Nutritionists, their goal is to improve the nutrition of the overall population to help prevent obesity and diet-related diseases such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes and many cancers...
  • Harnessing the power of music in Mark’s mental health therapy and recovery 09 August 2022 ‘Mark Dark’ has brooding deep tones reminiscent of Johnny Cash and a way with words that conjures the lyrics of Nick Cave. It’s hard to believe this is not the description of new talent in the Triple J Unearthed line up. Mark is a client at the Creative Expression Centre for Art Therapy (CECAT) who has been working with Andrew Miller, Senior Occupational Therapist, to harness music as part of his...
  • Djilba brings relief and hope 01 August 2022 Though it's traditionally the coldest month of the year, August is the month of hope and relief as it leads us into the warmer days of Djilba. Represented by the colour pink for the blossoming newness it brings in September as Kings Park lights up with its burst of floral joy. In Noongar culture, it is marked as the season of conception; probably because there is nowhere better to be during these ...
  • New facility offers beauty and function 28 July 2022 Patients on Ward C16 at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital are surrounded by images of Boab Trees, the ocean and a real-life fish tank, as part of the newly refurbished facility for the elderly. The refurbishment of the unit won the “Best Building Fit-Out in the $5m-$10m category”, last Saturday night at the Master Builders Association WA awards. Delivered by our Infrastructure Development team with C...

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  • Public Health Vaccination Poster
    Public Health Team NMHS Vaccination Activity Report 2021 24 February 2022 The full scale of the NMHS Public Health team’s efforts to vaccinate at-risk communities in Perth against COVID-19 has been revealed in the recently-published Activity Report for the NMHS COVID-19 Vaccination Program 2021. The Report is an incredible account of the tireless work of the team and the huge undertaking it has been. NMHS Public Health has been responsible for vaccinating staff, patients and high-risk community members across metropolitan Perth. The team has vaccinated in prisons, mental health hostels, sporting grounds, parks, homeless centres and in private homes. The programme began in March 2021 and in the less than ten months to December 2021, the team administered 54,100 vaccinations.
  • Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
    Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet new portal 21 February 2022 In response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet was quick to develop a COVID-19 updates and information section. This went live in March 2020. Since then, users from across the country have been able to find the latest information and resources available on COVID-19 from the Australian Department of Health and the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO). Relevant information about infectious diseases and respiratory health was also available. Two years on there is a wealth of authoritative information available and the COVID-19 section has now expanded to become a COVID-19 HealthInfoNet portal (external site), making it easier for health practitioners to find what they need. HealthInfoNet portals are designed to provide information that is timely, accessible, and relevant to the everyday practice of the health sec...
  • Syphilis virus under magnification
    Syphilis Outbreak in Perth 17 February 2022 Most often seen in films as an affliction of the 17th Century, syphilis may be thought of as a disease of a bygone era. But did you know that there is an outbreak of syphilis in Perth? Right now? In fact, there have been more cases of syphilis diagnosed in Perth than COVID over the past year. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) that, while ancient, has recently re-emerged in WA. Its wide variation of symptoms (from many to none at all) along with the difficulty this presents for diagnosis, have earnt syphilis the nickname “the great imitator”. Because it flies under the radar and is a challenge to pick-up, this insidious illness can cause a wide range of serious health problems (external site) that , if untreated, can lead to heart or nervous system conditions years after the initial infection. There has been a marked increase in the number of women affected ...
  • Cesarita Marzo
    Farewell and thanks for Cesarita Marzo 16 February 2022 The final days of a dedicated career will be celebrated on 23 February for Cesarita ‘Ces’ Marzo, the Head of Department, Nutrition and Dietetics at SCGOPHCG. After some 18 years at the helm of the department and more than 45 years in the profession, Ces is hanging up her uniform for the last time but not before her colleagues acknowledge her incredible contribution. Prior to joining SCGH in October 2003, Ces established dietetic services at the Mount Hospital and Joondalup Health Service as well as earlier in Queensland. She was a Director for the Dietitian Association of Australia and provided leadership and advocacy for the specified callings work value case for dietetic industry. In her role here at SCGH, Ces demonstrated leadership across several platforms, all for the common good of the department, for dietetics and for the hospital. Ces advocated for and established the...
  • Surgery
    Elective surgery bookings to continue for another two weeks 15 February 2022 WA public hospitals will continue to book multi-day non-urgent Category 2 and Category 3 elective surgeries for an additional two weeks The two-month scale down on elective surgeries is now planned to start from March 14 at WA public hospitals and March 21 for private hospitals. No change to Category 1 bookings Agile and planned approach to managing elective surgery and capacity at WA hospitals Western Australian public hospitals will continue to book multi-day non-urgent Category 2 and Category 3 elective surgeries for another two weeks as Omicron COVID-19 cases remain steady. Currently there are no COVID-19 cases in WA hospitals. As previously outlined, the surgery schedule would be reviewed ahead of the commencement of the temporary pause to some surgeries, based on Omicron COVID-19 case numbers and advice from the Chief Health Officer. The temporary scale dow...
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