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Executive director of the Westmead Institute for Medical Research Prof Tony Cunningham, chair, translational cancer research Professor Anna DeFazio and chief medical officer for the Australian Government Professor Brendan Murphy at Hospital Week 2017.
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Hospital Week chalks up another success

18 Aug, 2017, 1:14 pm Sarah Mason 0 Comments hospital week, Westmead Hospital

More than 100 presentations, 1500 participants and 80 stalls: the numbers show why 2017’s Hospital Week at Westmead has been a success.

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The Westmead entomology working on maggott therapy: medical officer Dr Tasnim Hasan, clinical nurse consultant Gillian Gale, senior hospital scientist Stephen Doggett and senior technical officer Merilyn Geary.
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The kinda creepy treatment that’s working miracles

18 Aug, 2017, 9:26 am21 Aug, 2017, 3:25 pm Sarah Mason 0 Comments entomology, hospital week, maggots

They crawl blindly across rotten flesh, gorging until they’re bloated and double their size. They’re near-blind and kind of creepy,

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Westmead Hospital week euthanasia symposium. Graeme Innes
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‘This is the thin edge of the wedge’: Graeme Innes talks euthanasia at Hospital Week

17 Aug, 2017, 3:40 pm18 Aug, 2017, 9:09 am Sarah Mason 0 Comments euthanasia, Graeme Innes, hospital week

“People with disabilities want support to live, not to die.” That was the fundamental message of former Australian disability discrimination commissioner Graeme Innes AM

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Clinical associate professor of psychiatry, University of Sydney Westmead Campus, and honorary associate of the Centre for Values, Ethics and Law in Medicine Chris Ryan
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Thought-provoking symposium tackles euthanasia

17 Aug, 2017, 3:34 pm21 Aug, 2017, 3:30 pm Sarah Mason 0 Comments Chris Ryan, euthanasia, hospital week, voluntary assisted dying

Seventy three per cent of Australians are in favour of doctor assisted dying for terminally ill patients.

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Hospital Week kicks off at Westmead Hospital

16 Aug, 2017, 10:43 am16 Aug, 2017, 2:45 pm Sarah Mason 0 Comments hospital week

Australia’s most prominent health experts have converged on Westmead Hospital as part of Hospital Week 2017 (August 16 – 18).

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AlertsView All

  • Early season heat alert in western Sydney

    Early season heat alert in western Sydney

    15 Sep, 2023, 4:02 pm15 Sep, 2023, 4:02 pm Sarah Mason
  • Don’t let Legionnaires’ disease bloom this spring in western Sydney

    Don’t let Legionnaires’ disease bloom this spring in western Sydney

    14 Sep, 2023, 9:27 am14 Sep, 2023, 9:27 am Sarah Mason
  • Western Sydney urged to be on the look out for serious bacterial illness

    Western Sydney urged to be on the look out for serious bacterial illness

    13 Sep, 2023, 10:50 am13 Sep, 2023, 10:50 am Jessica Chahine
  • Western Sydney urged to be on alert amid rise in listeriosis

    Western Sydney urged to be on alert amid rise in listeriosis

    08 Sep, 2023, 1:01 pm08 Sep, 2023, 1:01 pm Jessica Chahine

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