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HUMANS OF THE HOSPITAL: Brian Julien

16 Oct, 2022, 9:30 am10 Oct, 2022, 3:36 pm Alyssa Terese

“Working in quality improvement, a main focus of mine is to work with front line clinicians and their managers and

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HUMANS OF THE HOSPITAL: Celebrating 40 years of Mount Druitt Hospital – Dulcie Harrison

10 Oct, 2022, 11:19 am10 Oct, 2022, 11:20 am Alyssa Terese

“I started volunteering at Mount Druitt Hospital in 1973, before the hospital was even built. I was treasurer for the

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HUMANS OF THE HOSPITAL: Celebrating 40 years of Mount Druitt Hospital – Wendy White

07 Oct, 2022, 5:35 pm10 Oct, 2022, 11:21 am Alyssa Terese

“I’ve been working at Mount Druitt Hospital for 40 years. My first day was one week after Queen Elizabeth II

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Western Sydney Local Health District’s Youth Health team place six new wellbeing and health nurses into western Sydney schools

21 Sep, 2022, 4:56 pm21 Sep, 2022, 4:57 pm Sarah Mason

Western Sydney Local Health District’s (WSLHD) Youth Health team has placed six new Wellbeing and Health In-reach Nurse (WHIN) coordinators

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HUMANS OF THE HOSPITAL: Gustav Baecker

27 Aug, 2022, 3:00 pm23 Aug, 2022, 3:01 pm Alyssa Terese

“I’m a Viking. I have the Viking gene. That’s why I was given the name Gustav after King Gustav of

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HUMANS OF THE HOSPITAL: Tracy McDonald

25 Aug, 2022, 11:00 am19 Aug, 2022, 9:35 am Alyssa Terese

“We often get emails that start with “help”. In the library, we’re seen as problem solvers; a bit like detectives.

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HUMANS OF THE HOSPITAL: Rosemary Isaac

23 Aug, 2022, 8:00 am18 Aug, 2022, 7:43 pm Alyssa Terese

“When I saw the senior pharmacist clinical lead position advertised at Blacktown Mount Druitt Hospital (BMDH), I was intrigued. I

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HUMANS OF THE HOSPITAL: Dr Elke Woodhouse

18 Aug, 2022, 6:40 pm18 Aug, 2022, 6:41 pm Alyssa Terese

“All my friends were sitting the exam to get into medicine, so for fun, I decided to do it as

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HUMANS OF THE HOSPITAL: Dr Benson Riddle and Khalil Kazan

16 Aug, 2022, 2:02 pm18 Aug, 2022, 8:48 am Alyssa Terese

“Of the thousands of patients the inTouch COVID Care team have looked after in home isolation, Khalil was the first

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HUMANS OF THE HOSPITAL: Jennifer Thow

14 Aug, 2022, 3:05 pm17 Aug, 2022, 3:20 pm Alyssa Terese

“I died. I had a rectal bleed which caused me to lose a lot of blood, and I suffered a

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    27 Jan, 2023, 10:18 am27 Jan, 2023, 10:18 am Jessica Chahine
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    Viral gastroenteritis on the rise in NSW

    18 Jan, 2023, 2:01 pm18 Jan, 2023, 2:01 pm Alyssa Terese
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    Thousands of western Sydney and NSW women to receive fertility treatment rebate

    17 Jan, 2023, 3:11 pm17 Jan, 2023, 3:29 pm Alyssa Terese

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