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Congratulations to Mt Druitt Palliative Care volunteer Mary Vincent: NSW Health Volunteer of the Year finalist

10 May, 2022, 8:15 pm16 May, 2022, 10:07 am Alyssa Terese

Western Sydney Local Health District volunteer Mary Vincent has been named an individual award finalist in the 23rd Annual NSW

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Aboriginal health Blacktown Mount Druitt Mental Health News Research Top 4 Westmead Hospital 

$2.8 million to reduce emergency wait times in western Sydney hospitals

04 May, 2022, 3:07 pm07 May, 2022, 7:36 am Harrison Vesey

Westmead, Blacktown and Mount Druitt hospitals are the subject of a new $2.8 million research project that aims to improve

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$130,450 in research grants awarded to Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospital clinicians

28 Apr, 2022, 7:23 pm28 Apr, 2022, 7:39 pm Alyssa Terese

Three Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospital (BMDH) staff have received WSLHD Research and Education Network (REN) grants worth up to

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Auburn Blacktown Mount Druitt Events Top 4 Westmead Hospital 

Lest We Forget: Staff, patients and visitors pay their respects for Anzac Day

26 Apr, 2022, 4:08 pm29 Apr, 2022, 2:59 pm Harrison Vesey

At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.

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Boosting inpatient exercise in western Sydney after hip fracture

22 Apr, 2022, 2:13 pm22 Apr, 2022, 2:15 pm Alyssa Terese

This month, Blacktown and Mt Druitt Hospitals senior physiotherapist, Marie March, spoke about the ‘Boost Project’ on Hipcast, the Australian

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Blacktown Mount Druitt Community Health News Spotlight Top 4 

Video: Mount Druitt local Christine shares her experience with the Mount Druitt Falls Clinic this April Falls month

11 Apr, 2022, 4:56 pm18 Apr, 2022, 8:45 pm Alyssa Terese

The first time Christine fell, it was in the street outside her local post office. Ninety-seven percent of falls happen

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Blacktown Mount Druitt Blacktown Redevelopment Events News 

New children’s ward officially opens at Blacktown Hospital

05 Apr, 2022, 5:01 pm06 Apr, 2022, 10:17 am Alyssa Terese

Western Sydney families can now access emergency and specialised children’s health services closer to home at Blacktown Hospital’s new paediatric

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Blacktown Mount Druitt Featured Mental Health News 

State-of-the-art mental health unit opens at Blacktown Hospital

18 Mar, 2022, 9:35 am25 Mar, 2022, 11:03 am Alyssa Terese

Minister for Mental Health Bronnie Taylor has officially opened the Acute Adult Mental Health Inpatient Service at Blacktown Hospital, with

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Blacktown Mount Druitt Blacktown Redevelopment Featured News 

History made: First patients treated in new children’s ward at Blacktown Hospital

16 Mar, 2022, 11:45 am19 Apr, 2022, 3:16 pm Harrison Vesey

6-year-old Stevie was in good hands after suffering a severe asthma attack.

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Blacktown Mount Druitt News Our People Top 4 

“Superstar” doctors celebrated at 2021 Blacktown and Mount Druitt hospitals Doctors of the Year event

09 Mar, 2022, 10:55 am09 Mar, 2022, 10:55 am Alyssa Terese

Leadership, collaboration, superstars, kindness, compassionate, and sensitivity are some of the words used to describe the 2021 Blacktown and Mount

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    Western Sydney seniors urged to prepare for flu season

    09 May, 2022, 7:38 am09 May, 2022, 7:45 am Alyssa Terese
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    Adolescent vaccines available in pharmacies throughout western Sydney to support NSW Health School Vaccination Program

    07 May, 2022, 8:48 am07 May, 2022, 8:49 am Alyssa Terese
  • People urged to get vaccinated in western Sydney as flu cases rise

    People urged to get vaccinated in western Sydney as flu cases rise

    05 May, 2022, 12:03 pm05 May, 2022, 12:04 pm Alyssa Terese
  • NSW Police launch Operation Anzac Day 2022 ahead of commemorations

    NSW Police launch Operation Anzac Day 2022 ahead of commemorations

    22 Apr, 2022, 3:57 pm22 Apr, 2022, 4:05 pm Alyssa Terese

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