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Our heroes: Adam McKeowen, Jennifer Ings, Hannah Kelly & Georgia Lewis

It was a challenging start to the year with the devastating impacts of the bushfires. Our district showed an enormous amount of altruism during this emergency, with deployed staff providing expert healthcare and support to bushfire-affected…

Linda Boney

National Close the Gap Day, recognised on 19 March, 2020, calls on all Australians to work together to take action in improving the health and wellbeing of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.



The Randwick Hospitals…

Nicole & Aaron Morley with baby Rory

The date only comes around once every four years, but it was a busy day for maternity staff across the district on Saturday 29 February with 17 babies leaping into the world on ‘leap day’.

 

Rory Morley was the first leapling…

St George Hospital's "Green Dragons" showing off their green bin, Keep Cups and sustainble water bottles

If you are overwhelmed by the constant talk of climate change and need some handy tips on what part you can play in reducing our district's carbon footprint, Dr Kate Charlesworth, SESLHD's Environmental Sustainability Lead, has produced a flyer…

Kim King, Chantelle Smith, Meredith Ward & Natasha Culjak & Helen McCarthy

International Women’s Day was celebrated in style at the Royal Hospital for Women on Monday 9 March, 2020. Staff rallied together to hear from four of their outstanding colleagues at an all-female panel event steered by Helen McCarthy, Acting…

Stephanie and a nurse in the chemotherapy room at the Royal Hospital for Women

Stephanie Pizanis (pictured), aged 23, is curled up on the sofa of her family’s home in Kingsford, counting down the days until she finishes chemotherapy at the Royal Hospital for Women.



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Dr Ben Kwan and Dr Stephen Asha

A landmark study on the best treatment for patients suffering from a collapsed lung, or pneumothorax, has found that the traditional ‘interventional approach’ of treating the condition with a chest tube is not always in the patient’s best…

Staff holding love heart cupcakes

Hearts were racing across South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) hospitals as staff spread a whole lot of love on Friday 14 February, 2020 to mark Valentine’s Day and Heart Research Month.

Kim Olesen, Director, Nursing and…

Jennie Barry, Tobi Wilson, Prof Chua, Marjorie O'Neill, Victor Dominello & Gabrielle Upton

Former patients, district executives, clinicians and fundraising leaders gathered last week to join in the opening of the Prince of Wales Hospital Cancer Survivorship Centre and Sydney You Can Centre, housed in the beautifully restored Medical…

Patients and staff in front of mural

Thanks to the generosity of local photographer Anthony Glick (Glick Photography) and Mister Wallpaper, the Royal Hospital for Women’s Gynaecology Oncology ward has a brand new mural installed.



The hospital is extremely grateful…