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Mental Health Service Donation to Ukraine 10 August 2022 MHPHDS Clinical Equipment Coordinator, Chloe Davies, has been busy upgrading equipment for us at Graylands Hospital including securing a Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation machine which uses brain stimulation to impact the central nervous system by applying powerful magnetic fields to certain parts of the brain to help with neurological issues. In the course of sourcing this new machines and other equipment for our services, she has amassed a number of ‘retired’ resources that needed a new home, including vital signs monitors and bladder scanners. Chloe has a history of making connections with charitable organisations for the purposes of donating medical equipment and this time she reached out to the Ukrainian Association of Western Australia (UAWA). With her great efforts, she has managed to facilitate the donation of this equipment to be shipped to war-stricken Ukraine for u... -
WA’s first ‘Public Health Nutritionists’ 10 August 2022 NMHS is the proud place of employment of WA’s first 'Public Health Nutritionists' with Julia Platts and Michael Clow becoming the first people to be appointed to this position in Western Australia. As Public Health Nutritionists, their goal is to improve the nutrition of the overall population to help prevent obesity and diet-related diseases such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes and many cancers. To do this they will work on identifying the source of nutrition issues within communities and work collaboratively to find ways to address those issues. Julia and Michael will be working in two different streams - the Priority Communities program and the Healthy Population programs – to begin making a real difference to nutritional health amongst the people of WA. A great leap forward for the health of Western Australians. -
Harnessing the power of music in Mark’s mental health therapy and recovery 09 August 2022 ‘Mark Dark’ has brooding deep tones reminiscent of Johnny Cash and a way with words that conjures the lyrics of Nick Cave. It’s hard to believe this is not the description of new talent in the Triple J Unearthed line up. Mark is a client at the Creative Expression Centre for Art Therapy (CECAT) who has been working with Andrew Miller, Senior Occupational Therapist, to harness music as part of his mental health therapy and recovery. With a love of music having played in bands since he was a teenager, Andrew’s talent for instruments, production and sound-engineering has found a synergy with his professional life. Over the past few years, he has been setting up a small recording studio at CECAT and now works with clients to help them express themselves through music. Mark is a prolific poet and has been learning to play instruments, now a quite a dab hand on the ke... -
Djilba brings relief and hope 01 August 2022 Though it's traditionally the coldest month of the year, August is the month of hope and relief as it leads us into the warmer days of Djilba. Represented by the colour pink for the blossoming newness it brings in September as Kings Park lights up with its burst of floral joy. In Noongar culture, it is marked as the season of conception; probably because there is nowhere better to be during these chilly days than under the covers in a cozy embrace. Nature's finest exhibition begins with buttery creams and the vitalising perfume and hue of sunny wattle before morphing into richer golds and tangerines and culminating in a biennale of magenta, azure and violet. By the time this eruption of colour is in our sight, we will have the warmth of the sun on our face and the promise that the coldest days are behind us. Woodland birds will be nesting so tidings of magpies/koolbardi will be protect... -
New facility offers beauty and function 28 July 2022 Patients on Ward C16 at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital are surrounded by images of Boab Trees, the ocean and a real-life fish tank, as part of the newly refurbished facility for the elderly. The refurbishment of the unit won the “Best Building Fit-Out in the $5m-$10m category”, last Saturday night at the Master Builders Association WA awards. Delivered by our Infrastructure Development team with Construction manager, Built Pty Limited (Built), the new look has been achieved under the minor works stimulus package. Construction manager, Built Pty Limited (Built), entered the C16 project for the MBA awards and its not hard to see why they were successful. As a care unit for the elderly and those with delirium the C16 works enabled a return to inboard ensuite bathrooms to all patient bedrooms, compliant Utility rooms, medication management and underpinning building infrastructu...
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18/10/2023