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Care closer to home thanks to donation 04 September 2018 The Busselton Hospital Auxiliary has continued its generous history of donating by providing the local health campus with a new high flow nasal oxygen machine. Useful for palliative patients and those living with chronic lung disease, the machine means that more patients will be able to remain in Busselton rather than being transferred to Bunbury. Jo Moore, Acting Operations Manager at Busselton Health Campus thanked the auxiliary volunteers and said the machine would further support the hospital in being able to offer patient care locally. “Our overall goal is to reduce the need for patients to be transferred to Bunbury for specialist input,” Ms Moore said. “In addition to the new machine, Bunbury-based physician Dr Chris DeChaneet will now visit the health campus every Monday and alternate Wednesday to support patients with chronic respiratory disease,” she adde... -
Karratha Health Campus set to open 04 September 2018 The final countdown to the opening of the eagerly anticipated Karratha Health Campus has begun, and the emergency department will open its doors at 8am on Wednesday September 19, 2018. At the same time the new state-of-the-art facility opens, the emergency department at Nickol Bay Hospital will close and anyone requiring emergency medical treatment will need to attend the new Karratha Health Campus. View theMinister's media statement. -
Partnership improves after-stroke care in Wheatbelt 04 September 2018 People in the Wheatbelt are set to receive improved support after suffering a stroke thanks to an integrated service run between the WA Country Health Service (WACHS) and the Neurological Council of WA (NCWA). WACHS Wheatbelt Integrated Strokes Services Coordinator Di Hull said the key to improving post-stroke support for country people was easy access to advice and collaboration between service providers. Ms Hull said the partnership between the two organisations meant that every stroke patient who returns to the Wheatbelt after acute stroke care in Perth is referred to her. She then coordinates their care needs – regardless of which organisation is delivering the service. “The partnership between the two services has been in development since 2016 and ensures stroke survivors can access the right services and expertise at the right time,” Ms Hull said. “Clients ...
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Rehabilitation using telehealth helps get local stroke patient walking again 04 September 2018 Geraldton woman Janet Cozens had a stroke in June and thanks to telehealth technology, was able to undergo her rehabilitation locally rather than being transferred to Perth. Using telehealth, Ms Cozens’ local rehabilitation team worked with a stroke specialist physiotherapist from the stroke rehabilitation unit at Osborne Park Hospital (OPH). OPH therapist Jessica Nolan could watch Ms Cozens’ physiotherapy and support her Geraldton colleagues using a portable videoconferencing unit known as a telecart. Ms Cozens, 76, was also able to be discharged from hospital sooner than normal while she continued rehabilitation by telehealth as an outpatient. With the ongoing therapy, she was walking again within just three weeks of leaving hospital. Ms Cozens said she was grateful to telehealth technology for helping her to go home and giving her mobility back sooner. “After the str... -
Telehealth helps Mt Barker double-stroke patient 04 September 2018 Mt Barker woman Anne Bayldon has survived two rare strokes thanks, in part, to telehealth. A new telecart - located at Albany Health Campus - enabled local clinicians to work side by side with a stroke specialist based at Fiona Stanley Hospital ensuring Ms Bayldon could receive expert treatment faster. According to stroke specialist, Dr Tapuwa Musuka, telehealth technology proved lifesaving. “Ms Bayldon presented to Albany Health Campus with a suspected stroke,” Dr Musuka said. “Albany doctors were able to use the new videoconferencing telecart to let me assess the patient and determine the appropriate course of treatment. “Once I’d dialled in, it was obvious that Ms Bayldon had developed left-sided weakness indicating a second stroke was starting,” he added. Given Ms Bayldon’s acute condition, staff at Albany Health Campus arranged a Royal Flyin...
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24/01/2024