2024
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Get to know: Atif Khawaja
#WeAreNorthern Meet Atif Khawaja, Talent Acquisition Partner, People and Culture, Northern Health. Q. Firstly, your coffee order please? Extra hot cappuccino with two sugars and full cream milk. Q. Can you tell us a bit about your career. My career is diverse. I’m a qualified electrical engineer and certified lead auditor. After earning my MBA,
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Foundation Thank You Evening 2024
Northern Health Foundation hosted their 2024 Thank You Evening at NCHER yesterday, Wednesday, 5 June, to celebrate the wonderful support of their donors and community and to say thank you. The evening began with an introduction from Pina Di Donato, Executive Director Public Affairs and Foundation, who acknowledged the efforts of our generous supporters and
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Hands up for Hand Therapy Week 2024
This week, 3 – 9 June, we celebrate Hand Therapy Week! Hand therapy practitioners are either Occupational Therapists (OTs) or Physiotherapists, who specialise in assessing and treating upper limb injuries. At Northern Health’s Hand Therapy Department, our practitioners primarily focus on injuries of fingers, hands and forearms. Patients in the northern catchment who visit the
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Apheresis service: Life saving treatment
During World War II, Dr. Edwin Cohn ingeniously adapted a cream separator machine to revolutionise medicine. His process separated whole blood into its vital components, saving lives on the battlefront; including those wounded during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Today, we call this process Apheresis, derived from the Greek word meaning “to remove or separate a
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National Taiwan University Hospital Senior Executives visit NH
Last week, Northern Health was delighted to warmly welcome a delegation from the renowned National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH). The visit marked an important step in international collaboration aimed at enhancing healthcare delivery and integrating community medical resources. The delegation, comprising 10 distinguished senior executives from NTUH, visited Northern Health as part of their initiative
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Get to know: Fatema Tajbhai
#WeAreNorthern Meet Fatema Tajbhai, Senior Scientist in our newest service – Anatomical Pathology. Q: Firstly, your coffee order, Fatema? It varies and is very mood dependent – long black or batch brew (depending on the cafe)/ soy latte/soy magic. Q: How would you describe your role? It is a very challenging but rewarding role. Anatomical
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Reconciliation Week: Celebrating culturally safe care
National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is a significant time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia. It takes place annually from 27 May to 3 June. The theme for NRW 2024 is ‘Now More Than Ever’. Now more than ever, the work continues
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One bread tag at a time
At Northern Health, we are fortunate to have staff members whose dedication goes beyond their professional duties. One such inspiring individual is Fey Bakar, an EMR Surgery and Anaesthesia Analyst and Registered Nurse. Her passion for helping others led her to spearhead an extraordinary initiative of collecting plastic bread tags at Northern Health to fund