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The Douaihy family

Eight-week old Charlotte Douaihy made national headlines recently, as one of the first…

KRC Bus at night in situ with Facelift

Starting out as the ‘AIDS Bus’, but more affectionately known as ‘The Ugly!’, the Kirketon Road Centre’s (KRC) outreach bus was established by The Albion Centre in the late 1980s and transferred to KRC’s management in 1990.



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St George and Sutherland Shire Members of Parliament at the COVID-19 Vaccination Hub at St George Hospital.

St George and Sutherland Shire Members of Parliament - from both side of politics - recently came together to tour the COVID-19 Vaccination Hub at St George Hospital.

 

Mark Speakman, Member for Cronulla, Lee Evans, Member…

Catherine Brennan

The international nursing and midwifery program, the Nightingale Challenge, has concluded after 18 months of inspiring and connecting nurses and midwives from across our District and around the world. Its purpose was to develop the next…

 Professor Mark Ferson

After 31 years as the state’s first area public health unit (PHU) director, Professor Mark Ferson has resigned his role leading SESLHD’s PHU, retaining a part-time role as a senior staff specialist.



With an extensive history in…

One of the images projected onto the hospital

Recently hundreds of images captured in Sydney during the COVID-19 pandemic were projected onto Sydney/Sydney Eye Hospital’s (SSEH) historic sandstone southern archway, at the 8 Macquarie Street entrance.

 

The digital…

 Jennie Barry, Janet McDonald AO, Michael Still, Gabrielle Upton MP, Tobi Wilson, Dr Jan Lehm at the event

Current and former staff and patients commemorated 50 years since the Department of Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine officially opened its original Hyperbaric Unit at Prince Henry Hospital at an event last week.

 

Prince of…

Dr Kate Charlesworth planting in Heffron Park, Maroubra

Staff from across the Randwick Campus are supporting Randwick City Council in the ‘Plant With Us’ program throughout the year. The health benefits of trees and green space include protection against extreme heat, improved air quality, reduced UV…

Helen Jarman and Helen McCarthy celebrating Helen’s long-standing career over morning tea

The Royal Hospital for Women recently bid farewell to comrade and colleague Helen Jarman, Midwifery Clinical Co-Director of Maternity Services, who is retiring after a remarkable 33 years at the hospital.

 

Ms Jarman says she…

School children eating vegetables

An impressive 11,624 children across SESLHD recently joined tens of thousands of primary school students across the state in the Big Vegie Crunch.