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People of OPH 14 June 2022 Evangeline Colombus has been at OPH for nearly 36 years, an anniversary she will celebrate on New Year’s Eve 2022. Evangeline is the Administrative Assistant in Engineering and has held roles in many departments at OPH. She says, “This year I have been here for 36 years! My children were 2 and 5 when I started and now they are grown adults and I have a grandson.” When she started in Catering (Hotel Services at the time) at OPH on the 31st of December 1986, Evangeline had arrived six weeks earlier as an emigrant from New Zealand. She had previously worked in the same role in the spinal unit at Burwood Hospital in Christchurch and loved it so much that she immediately applied to OPH when she arrived in Australia. Evangeline says, “I applied as soon as I arrived, and I was so excited to start! I was a tea lady up on the wards and I loved it, it was great. The people ... -
Be Bowel Aware in June and know your normal 14 June 2022 June is Bowel Cancer Awareness month and the WA Cancer and Palliative Care Network Clinical Implementation Unit (WACPCN CIU) team who support the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) in WA is reminding everyone to ‘know your normal’ when it comes to your bowel health. Everyone is encouraged to know what your regular bowel habits are and act on any changes: Having a positive result on your poo screening test (Faecal Occult Blood Test - FOBT) or bleeding from your bottom or seeing blood in your poo Changes in your bowel habits (diarrhoea/loose poo or constipation/blocked up) for more than 4 weeks Weight loss for no reason Tired for no reason Pain or a lump in your tummy Clinical Lead and SCGH Gastroenterologist, Dr Hooi Ee, says “Knowing your regular habits and speaking with your GP if you notice changes is important, particularly for... -
Congratulations Queen’s Birthday 2022 Honours List NMHS recipients 14 June 2022 On behalf of the North Metropolitan Health Service Board and Executive Team, we extend our congratulations to the following staff members who have been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday 2022 Honours List: Annette Barton – SCGOPHCG Head of Department Occupational Therapy, for service to occupational therapy. Professor Graham Barrett – SCGOPHCG Ophthalmologist, for significant service to ophthalmology and to professional organisations. Annette has been recognised as a committed and compassionate occupational therapy leader. She is a proud and passionate advocate for occupational therapy who is committed to the broader vision for allied health and how to achieve the best outcomes through transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary models. As a world leader and innovator in the field of Ophthalmology, Professor Barrett has devised numerous surgical instruments and he... -
Embrace Makuru Season 27 May 2022 Makuru is a polarising season; it has its passionate lovers and haters. But whichever camp you fall in, there is no stopping the chilly tide. Submission and embrace is what the doctor orders for the coming cozy months. Appropriately represented by the icey palette of blue, Makuru is the coldest and wettest season of the Nyoongar calendar. Driving glacial winds north from our Antarctic neighbour, dramatic Thor-esque sky shows and churning oceans, traditionally the Nyoongar people would retreat from the coast to take mia mia (shelter) inland by the kaarla (fire). The knock-on effect was a change in food-sources from seafood to the rich land-grazing animals such as kangaroo, which not only provided the protein sustenance for cold months but also the warmth of their skins to be used as bookas (blankets). Never to be wasted, even the kangaroo bones were carved into hunting tools such as gidji... -
The Joy and Benefits of Music Therapy 16 May 2022 In 2021, Allied Health ran a fundraising effort through the Charlies Research Foundation “Be a Champ for Charlies” Giving Day. The Allied Health vision was “Returning Quality to Your Life” and one of the projects that was supported through these funds was a Music Therapy program for Geriatric inpatients at SCGH and outpatients in the Parkinson’s Disease Clinic at OPH. Run by Music Therapist Hayley Antipas of Attuned Health, and facilitated by staff at the Clinic, the program recently concluded at OPH with rave reviews. OPH Parkinson's Clinic is a multi-disciplinary outpatient service which provides specialist care to people with Parkinson's Disease and their carers. The Clinic offered the Music Therapy program as an opportunity for patients to add quality to their lives and increase wellbeing alongside their current treatments. Music therapy has a range of b...
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30/07/2025