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![Professor Butcher with CT Scanner](/sites/default/files/2019-07/Ken%20with%20CT%20Scanner.jpg)
"Professor Ken Butcher, Director Clinical Neuroscience, Prince of Wales Hospital and Professor of Neurology at the University of NSW, has been successful in securing a $750,000 research grant under the NSW Government’…
![Mel Traill & Narelle Brown with new mother Tungalag Buyanjargal & her 16-hour-old baby girl](/sites/default/files/2019-07/011.jpg)
The Royal Hospital for Women has recently introduced two first-of-its-kind positions to increase the number of Indigenous midwives within the healthcare system.
Whilst one per cent of Australian midwives are Indigenous, their families…
![NAIDOC Week 2019 was celebrated at a host of events throughout SESLHD from 7 to 14 July](/sites/default/files/2019-07/Gamay%20dancers%204.jpg)
NAIDOC Week 2019 was celebrated at a host of events throughout SESLHD from 7 to 14 July with this year’s theme in mind: “Voice, Treaty, Truth. Let’s work together for a shared future.”
Aunty Linda Boney, Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer…
![Tobi Wilson (Chief Executive), Dr Kate Charlesworth (Environmental Sustainability Lead) & Tony Jackson (A/Director, Primary, Integrated and Community Health) at the Environmental Sustainability Plan launch](/sites/default/files/2019-07/Tobi%20Kate%20Tony%20-%20Environmental%20Plan%20Launch.jpg)
SESLHD has taken a significant step to recognise and act on climate risk, launching the SESLHD Environmental Sustainability Plan 2019 – 2021 on Friday, 21 June 2019 at the Research and Education Centre, St George Hospital.
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![Mark Coure MP, Jan Gartrell (Hurstville Rotary Club member) & little Juliet testing out the new play area](/sites/default/files/2019-07/1.%20Mark%20Coure%20MP%20Jan%20from%20Hurstville%20Rotary%20and%20child%20at%20kids%20play%20site.jpg)
The Member for Oatley, Mark Coure MP, visited St George Hospital on Friday, 28 June 2019 to officially open the new outdoor play area on the Children’s Ward, part of the Kids at Play project.
The Member for Oatley…
![Jennie Barry at Sydney/Sydney Eye Hospital](/sites/default/files/2019-07/Photo%20-%20Jennie%20%20Barry_0.jpg)
Prince of Wales Hospital and Sydney/Sydney Eye Hospital has a new General Manager with Jennie Barry taking up her new position on 1 July 2019.
Jennie Barry has been acting in the role of General Manager for the past few months. Making the…
![Nicole Wedell, Eleni Petinos, Kristin Tobi & Kiran Pandit in the Killara Extension courtyard, soon to be covered by an awning](/sites/default/files/2019-06/Nicole%20Wedell%2C%20Eleni%20Petinos%2C%20Kristin%20Tobi%20%26%20Kiran%20Pandit%20in%20the%20Killara%20Extension%20courtyard%2C%20soon%20to%20be%20covered%20by%20an%20awning.jpg)
Eleni Petinos MP, Member for Miranda, visited Sutherland Hospital to tour the Killara Extension Ward (Aged Care) and view proposed areas for refurbishment on Thursday, 13 June, 2019.
The tour was…
South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) has partnered with a number of local agencies in the St George area to launch a unique service to help address developmental challenges in children aged under five years in the…
![Kirsty Boden holding flowers](/sites/default/files/2019-06/Kirsty%20Boden_0.jpg)
Kirsty Boden, a former registered nurse at Prince of Wales Hospital - and both a hero and a victim of the London Bridge Terror Attacks in 2017 - has been awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal from the International Committee of the Red Cross (…
![Sydney/Sydney Eye staff holding Fitbits](/sites/default/files/2019-05/Wards%20receiving%20their%20pedometers%20from%20Catherine%20Tripodi%20%28First%20State%20Super%29.jpg)
With the theme for this year’s International Nurses Day being 'A voice to lead: health for all', a challenge has been thrown down at Sydney/Sydney Eye Hospital (SSEH) to enhance nursing staff wellbeing during the month of June.
As part of…