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News Top 4 Women’s and Newborn 

Western Sydney cancer survivor says “don’t wait until you can feel a lump to have a breast screen”

17 Aug, 2023, 12:31 pm22 Aug, 2023, 11:32 am Alyssa Terese

Western Sydney lactation consultant and mum-of-three, Pamela Morgan, always thought she’d feel a lump in her breast if there was

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Featured News Westmead Hospital 

Third time’s a charm for Westmead Hospital organ recipient

20 Jul, 2023, 12:11 pm20 Jul, 2023, 2:32 pm Alyssa Terese

They say nothing good happens after 2:00am, but for western Sydney man Jeremy Henry, an early morning organ donation has

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VIDEO: Westmead Hospital Mother and Baby Unit virtual tour

18 Jul, 2023, 2:44 pm18 Jul, 2023, 7:52 pm Alyssa Terese

The Westmead Hospital Mother and Baby Unit (MBU) provides holistic, multidisciplinary specialist health care that is parent and infant-centred, family

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Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospitals News Our People Women’s and Newborn 

Celebrating 20 years of delivering miracles: How a Blacktown Hospital midwife’s passion was born

18 Jul, 2023, 2:29 pm19 Jul, 2023, 3:25 pm Alyssa Terese

Blacktown Hospital midwife Agatha Osifo was 11 years old and living in her home country, Nigeria, West Africa, when she

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Featured News Our People Westmead Hospital 

Cartoons, quirky songs and purple hair: this Westmead Hospital nurse continues to spread the joy

27 Jun, 2023, 1:03 pm27 Jun, 2023, 1:05 pm Alyssa Terese

Westmead Hospital’s haematology and bone marrow transplant ward Nurse, Michael Beer, knows how to caringly flip the serious into the

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Featured News Westmead Hospital 

Yellow Wiggle and Westmead Hospital Cardiologist team up to save Australian lives

27 Jun, 2023, 11:02 am27 Jun, 2023, 11:29 am Alyssa Terese

When former yellow Wiggle, Greg Page, suffered a sudden cardiac arrest in January 2020 during The Wiggles’ charity concert at

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Aboriginal health Featured News 

Breaking down barriers to support western Sydney Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mums-to-be

05 Jun, 2023, 11:14 am05 Jun, 2023, 11:28 am Alyssa Terese

This year’s National Reconciliation Week theme, Be a Voice for Generations, urged Australians to use their power, words and actions

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Aboriginal health Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospitals News 

A voice for generations: Andrew Fraser

01 Jun, 2023, 4:13 pm01 Jun, 2023, 4:15 pm Alyssa Terese

“As goes the idiom, “great people plant trees for shade of which they’ll never sit in”.  ’Be a voice for

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News Our People 

Not just a young person’s habit: Western Sydney Local Health District workshop tackles e-cigarette problem

31 May, 2023, 4:28 pm31 May, 2023, 4:39 pm Alyssa Terese

Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) has hosted a workshop with district leaders to develop a strategy and implement a

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News Top 4 

Make this the year to go smoke free

31 May, 2023, 12:26 pm06 Jun, 2023, 10:11 am Alyssa Terese

This World No Tobacco Day, NSW Health is encouraging people to quit smoking and vaping to improve their overall health

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