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COVID-19 VACCINATION STARTS IN WESTERN SYDNEY

11 WESTMEAD HOSPITAL’S COVID-19 VACCINATION CLINIC OPENS Nurse Unit Manager Dante Canete is the first person to receive his COVID-19 vaccination from Registered Nurse Carly Hanington 12 PREPARING THE WESTMEAD HOSPITAL VACCINATION CLINIC Top left: Matt Sydenham (Director Redevelopment and Infrastructure), Marcelle Appay (Pharmacist), Angela Netluch (Pharmacist) with the first delivery of vaccines. Top right: Angela Netluch (Pharmacist), Marcelle Appay (Pharmacist) perform final temperature checks. Bottom left: The first dose being prepared. Bottom right: Pharmacist Maggie Tso prepares more vaccinations 13 P ROTECTING FRONTLINE WORKERS AT THE WESTMEAD HOSPITAL VACCINATION CLINIC Top left: Michele Darwall (Physiotherapist). Top right: Vaccination clinic staff. Bottom left: Dr Brandon Verdonk. Bottom right: Dr Angela Hamilton 14 MULTICULTURAL HEALTH COMMUNITY EDUCATION Ngatho Mugo 15 F IRST PATIENT WELCOMED TO THE NEW MERRYLANDS HEALTHONE CENTRE The first podiatry client Iris May Vanden Berg receives her treatment W ESTMEAD HOSPITAL JUNIOR DOCTOR LAUNCHES EDUCATIONAL PODCAST Left to right: Dr Gideon Sandler (Staff Specialist), Dr Taren Bettler (Medical Officer) 16 V ALENTINE’S DAY CELEBRATIONS WITH BLACKTOWN HOSPITAL’S PHARMACY TEAM LOVE IS IN THE AIR AT WESTMEAD HOSPITAL Left to right: Clare Digirolamo (Registered Midwife), Robert Digirolamo (Orderly) 17 W ESTMEAD HOSPITAL ICU CLINICAL NURSE EDUCATOR SHEEJA THOMAS 18 C HINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS AT THE BAULKHAM HILLS COMMUNITY CENTRE

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