NSW Health WSLHD Lifeblood 2020-2021

2021 – A NEW YEAR BEGINS

03 G ROUNDBREAKING CARDIOLOGY RESEARCH AT WESTMEAD HOSPITAL

A/Professor Sarah Zaman begins an Australian-first study into heart disease in young women 04 COVID-19 TESTING CLINIC TO TAKE ON THE BERALA OUTBREAK Left to right: Fay Jelley (WSLHD Community Health), Azhar Edan (SydPath Staff) COVID-19 TESTING CLINIC AT LIDCOMBE Left to right: Khem Sharma (Histopath staff), Niki Acharya (Histopath staff) 05 PATIENT CARE IN 2021 Renal Physician Dr Richard Phoon with patient Rezek Nametaalla 06 NEW ORAL HEALTH NEW STUDENTS BEING WELCOMED Left to right: Professor Heiko Spallek (Head of School and Dean), Dr Raul Taliana (Head of Department), Garo Mazmanian (Dental Student), Jacob Wedderburn-Bishop (Dental Student) 07 CELEBRATING AUSTRALIA DAY Left to right: Marie Conteh (Registered Nurse), Joseph di Santi (Registered Nurse) 08 A UBURN COMMUNITY DIALYSIS CENTRE IMPROVING PATIENT CARE Nurse Unit Manager Nelson Ubera with dialysis patient Sonia Shalala 09 O NE YEAR SINCE THE FIRST COVID PATIENT WAS TREATED AT WESTMEAD HOSPITAL Dr Hemal Vachharajani is an Intensive Care Staff Specialist at Westmead Hospital and was one of the first doctors to treat a COVID positive patient in Australia NEW BEGINNINGS AT WESTMEAD HOSPITAL Robert and Angela Gennari celebrated the birth of their son Leo – born 2am on 27 January 2021 at Westmead Hospital THE COVID-19 TESTING BUS IS READY TO RIDE

Left to right: Allissa Marasigan (Registered Nurse), Stephanie Fernando (Registered Nurse) T HE NEW “OUR PLACE, OUR PEOPLE” PROGRAM FOCUSES ON IMPROVING CULTURE AT WSLHD Dr Neela Sitaram (Paediatric Fellow Blacktown Hospital)

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