Tag: western health
Packaged with care
A dedicated group of volunteers is giving patients at Sunshine Hospital one less thing to worry about.
For the past six years the team at...
Remembrance leaves in bloom
Copperfield College VCAL students have created a lasting symbol of remembrance at Sunshine Hospital.
The students have designed and erected a remembrance tree in the...
Sunshine professor a true champion
The human mind has always been a fascination for Professor Tissa Wijeratne.
The leading neurologist at Sunshine Hospital has nurtured this fascination from his childhood...
My Brimbank: Trish Franklin
What’s your connection to Brimbank?
I volunteer at the Sunshine Hospital on a weekly basis. I also moved out west two years ago. I’d always...
Birth of a sprint star
A Sunshine Hospital midwife swapped the birthing suite for running track to claim second place in this year’s Stawell Gift.
Pamela Austin ran her season-best...
My Brimbank: Paul Eleftheriou
What’s your connection to the west?
My paternal grandparents moved to Sunshine in the 1950s from Cyprus. My dad grew up in Sunshine and then...
Great idea is a big help
Western Health has celebrated the launch of an initiative helping those in greatest need.
The organisation’s new website, The Greatest Need Project, went live at...
Forum promotes awareness of family violence
Western Health is ensuring its staff are better equipped to deal with a growing number of family violence incidents.
The Sunshine Hospital hosted a six-hour...
New chief for Western Health
Western Health has a new chief executive.
Russell Harrison was appointed to the position earlier this month after five years with the organisation.
During his time...
Jessica fits in a walk
Anaesthetics nurse Jessica Nowak has recently begun parking further away from her workplace – Sunshine Hospital – to get some extra exercise into her...
Sunshine Hospital hit by baby boom
Sunshine Hospital is experiencing a baby boom.
The hospital welcomed 5357 babies between July 1, 2015, and June 30 this year – up from 5150...
Nurse Kathy Gosetti shines a light for others
By Ashley Alasagas
Kathy Gosetti takes each day as it comes. When you are a nurse, there’s no other choice, really.
Kathy is a nurse unit...
Western Health a finalist
Western Health is a finalist in the Victorian Employer of the Year awards for its Sunshine training and education centres.
The awards showcase innovation and...
Volunteer raises money and cheer
Fundraising champion Irene Kayler-Thomson may have helped raise more than $200,000 for Sunshine Hospital over the past 25 years, but it’s the priceless moments...
A life dedicated to health
Dr David Krieser is a paediatric emergency physician at Sunshine Hospital. This is his story …
My path into health care was laid out before...
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Abortion care at Northern Health
For the past six years, the abortion service at Broadmeadows Hospital has been providing an essential service to the community.
The service offers both...
