Year in Review 2021

WHAT WE DO WSLHD YEAR IN REVIEW 2

District Achievements

Western Sydney team investigate airborne COVID-19 spread in world-leading research

Futuristic, lifesaving heart research given $5 million boost in Westmead Health Precinct

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The “Quadpill”: Westmead Health Precinct heart research finds more effective treatment for high blood pressure

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Westmead Hospital’s new dedicated trauma

New unit provides mother and baby mental health support to Western Sydney

unit for severely injured patients

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1 Director of Western Sydney Local Health District’s Public Health Unit Dr Shopna Bag led the contact tracing efforts at the district. 2 Westmead Hospital Cardiologist Professor Clara Chow led a study which found that high blood pressure can be safely and more effectively controlled using a combination of four different existing medications in a ‘quadpill’. 3 Westmead Hospital Interventional Cardiologist Associate Professor James Chong’s team’s futuristic research involves growing new cardiomyocytes – heart muscle cells that are predominantly responsible for the pump function of the heart. 4 Nurse Unit Manager Britney Raj working in the new Westmead Hospital Central Acute Services Building Trauma Ward. Opposite Westmead Breast Cancer Institute Director Associate Professor Nirmala Pathmanathan.

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