NSW Health WSLHD Lifeblood 2020-2021

QUDOS BANK ARENA VACCINATION CENTRE OPENS ITS DOORS

79 QUDOS BANK ARENA VACCINATION CENTRE – THE BIGGEST IN NSW The arena floor was transformed into a recovery area where recipients underwent observation after receiving their vaccinations 80 Y EAR 12 STUDENTS WAIT FOR THEIR VACCINATIONS AT QUDOS BANK ARENA Almost 16,000 COVID-19 vaccinations were administered to year 12 students in the first week of operations 82 T HE FIRST HUDDLE BEFORE QUDOS BANK ARENA VACCINATION CENTRE OPENED WSLHD Chief Executive Graeme Loy briefed staff saying, “this is by far the biggest, the fastest and the best project I have ever worked on… today is the start of something huge” 83 CELEBRATING 200,000 VACCINATIONS IN WESTERN SYDNEY Caroline Scott (Team Leader at Qudos Bank Arena Vaccination Centre) 87 Q UDOS BANK ARENA VACCINATION CENTRE BEGINS VACCINATING YEAR 12 STUDENTS Top left: Cooper Cotterill (Year 12 student). Top right: Owen Hainsworth (Year 12 student). Bottom left: Pauline Hunt (Registered Nurse Immuniser). Bottom right: Sophie Wehrle (Year 12 student) 85 M ALINKA DE SILVA (REGISTERED NURSE) AT QUDOS BANK ARENA VACCINATION CENTRE 86 J OHN URETA (WSLHD PHARMACIST) AT QUDOS BANK ARENA VACCINATION CENTRE 87 QUDOS BANK ARENA VACCINATION CENTRE Top row, left to right: Mary Salib (Vaccination Recipient), Western Sydney Wanderers player Tate Russell getting vaccinated, Shantanu Pradhan (Dental Student and Immuniser). Middle row, left to right: Tarek Arbes (Vaccination Recipient), Ali Safi (Pharmacist), Nazifa Mirzai (Vaccination Recipient). Bottom row, left to right: Swarnjeet Deol (Vaccination Recipient), Laurence Miclette (Vaccination Recipient), Harris Le (Vaccination Recipient) 88 P ARTNERING WITH BAXTER HEALTHCARE FOR THE PHARMACY AT QUDOS BANK ARENA Top: Deb Murphy (Project Lead for Baxter at Qudos Vaccination Centre). Bottom: Francesca Gallagher (Product Specialist with Baxter Healthcare Advanced Surgery and Registered Nurse) 89 Q UDOS BANK ARENA’S TRAINING BASKETBALL COURT WAS TURNED INTO A PHARMACY 90 T HE CHAMPIONS OF QUDOS – PEOPLE COORDINATING THE BIGGEST VACCINATION CENTRE IN NSW Top left: Amanda Green (Deputy Executive Director of the Vaccination Centre). Top right: Christina Igasto (Chief Digital Health Officer). Bottom left: Emma McCahon (Executive Director of the Vaccination Centre). Bottom right: Marty Dawson (Qantas employee turned Training and Education Lead) 91 MORE CHAMPIONS OF QUDOS Top left: Megan Byrne (Vaccination Centre Operations Director). Top right: Chris Ladds (PWC Project Director). Bottom left: Matt Sydenham (Director Redevelopment and Infrastructure) Bottom right: Lucas Cameron (NSW Police)

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