2020
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Staff flu vaccination starts today
Today, Northern Health is commencing flu vaccinations for staff members, with community vaccinations expected to start after Easter. Staff influenza vaccinations have started early this year, as recommended by the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Siva Sivarajah, Chief Executive, said that anyone can be affected by the flu, and with the COVID-19
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The Inappropriate Question and the importance of Advance Care Planning
A film titled The Inappropriate Question, a collaboration between Dr Barbara Hayes, Clinical Lead, Northern Health Advance Care Planning Program and Prof Joe Ibrahim from the Prof Joe website was launched via live stream to coincide with Advance Care Planning Week. This film was funded by the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services. View the film here:
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ASD Assessment Clinic at Craigieburn: A family’s experience
Today is World Autism Awareness Day, recognising and raising awareness of people with autism and those who love and support them. Craigieburn resident and mother of two, Kim Semmens recently shared her experience of Northern Health’s multidisciplinary Northern Autism Spectrum Disorder Assessment Clinic (NASDAC) at Craigieburn Centre – the only one of its kind in Melbourne’s north. After
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Northern Health hosts world-class vascular surgeon for complex workshop
At the beginning of March, the Northern Health vascular surgery team welcomed a world-class vascular surgeon for a complex vascular workshop at Northern Hospital. Mr Shrikkanth Rangarajan, Northern Health Vascular Surgeon, said, “We had a workshop focusing on complex aortic pathology and repair of aneurysms in the aorta, and had Professor Eichler from San Francisco
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Community kids share the love
Young members of our community are sending messages of hope and support, even in times of social distancing, and especially to our health care workers on the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic. Last week, in order to help protect our volunteers, we made the difficult decision to suspend our volunteer program across all sites
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Infection Prevention: Clean hands against the virus
With the COVID-19 pandemic, Northern Health’s Infection Prevention team is working overtime to keep the hospital clean and safe for both our patients and our staff. Infection prevention is also a key part of the the COVID-19 Incident Management team meeting. “We catch up every morning – twice in the morning and once in the
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Engineering and Security Services: Preparation is the key
When COVID-19 first started to hit overseas around five weeks ago, Colin Woodward, Director of Engineering, and his team were observant of it and started to do their planning. “There was just something in the back of my head that said – prepare,” said Colin. As soon as the numbers started rising and the virus
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Northern Hospital the right tune for Martin Cox
Eltham local, Martin Cox, spent five weeks at Northern Hospital Epping and was so impressed by the amazing care he received that he decided to write a song about his experience. Martin arrived at Northern Hospital on 6 December 2019 following a ride-on mower accident where he had badly injured his foot and required surgery.