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Gastro running wild at the hospital

By johnboy ⋅ September 2, 2010 ⋅ 7 comments

The Herald Sun is reporting on gastroenteritis at Canberra Hospital:
A statement issued by ACT Health today said a number of patients at Canberra Hospital were sick with Noro virus gastroenteritis, which can cause vomiting and diarrhoea.
“At the moment we have one ward closed as an infection control measure,” the statement read.
“Infection control staff (are) working [...]

Police Wrap – 7 August 2010

By johnboy ⋅ August 7, 2010 ⋅ 9 comments

1. Hospital vandalism:
ACT Policing is investigating property damage at The Canberra Hospital in Garran today (August 6).
Around 7am police were called to the new Surgical Assessment and Processing Unit at the hospital after damage to a number of items including an ice machine and zip boil unit.
At this stage the exact cost of the [...]

Maternity review – brickbats or bouquets?

By housebound ⋅ August 6, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

The first of two reports on maternity services at the Canberra Hospital has just been released.
According to Katy Gallagher, it gave glowing praise:
Review confirms public maternity services delivering quality care to women
According to the ABC, things aren’t so rosy:
Review damns Canberra Hospital management
You can find the report itself online
There is more about this in the [...]

Canberra Hospital taking charity bar fridges?

By johnboy ⋅ August 5, 2010 ⋅ 29 comments

Katy Gallagher is thanking the very generous Samuels family who have donated five bar fridges to the oncology ward in memory of their mother.
“This is a very kind gift from a family who has recently lost their mother,” Ms Gallagher said.
“This donation means that each patient and their family will have access to their own [...]

The Mully Cup for July 2010 goes to…. Ian Miller

By johnboy ⋅ August 4, 2010 ⋅ 7 comments

It’s often said that nurses don’t get the recognition they deserve. Here at RiotACT we are determined to address injustice wherever it is found.
So it is with some pride we announce that the winner of the July 2010 Mully Cup (awarded for exciting public debate on RiotACT) goes to Ian Miller of the impactednurse website.
Ian’s [...]

We have a sleep laboratory for our old and fat population

By johnboy ⋅ July 23, 2010 ⋅ 16 comments

Katy Gallagher has opened a $750,000 “Sleep Laboratory” (at that price we suspect it’s a dedicated room with some couches and cameras) at the Canberra Hospital.
“With this first public Sleep Laboratory, the hospital will be able to diagnose breathing problems during sleep and provide quality care to sufferers. Patients will be spared the stress of [...]

Katy turns the sod

By johnboy ⋅ July 21, 2010 ⋅ 16 comments

No, calm down, Jon Stanhope remains Chief Minister.
But his deputy has announced that she’s kicked off construction of the long awaited Women’s and Children’s Hospital.
“I am very pleased to be able to turn the first sod and to officially get things underway on what will be a world class facility for women, children and [...]

Hospital walk-in centres seeing 30 odd patients every day

By johnboy ⋅ July 13, 2010 ⋅ 31 comments

At 4am this morning Katy Gallagher mailled out a media release celebrating the first two months of the nurse-operated walk-in centre at Canberra Hospital:
ACT Minister for Health, Katy Gallagher, said today that Australia’s first public nurse-led Walk-in Centre had been well received by the Canberra community, with more than 2000 people seeking advice or treatment [...]

Catching the bus to hospital

By johnboy ⋅ July 5, 2010 ⋅ 15 comments

Katy Gallagher has announced that with the new hospital building works taking up large chunks of car park, she’s got a cunning plan:
Following that consultation process, new temporary parking measures are set to come into effect from Saturday 10 July, when the large surface level car park on the southern end of the hospital [...]

Canberra Hospital cures MS?

By johnboy ⋅ May 18, 2010 ⋅ 11 comments

The ABC has an amazing story on staff at Canberra Hospital using stem cell treatment to completely reset the immune system of one Ben Leahy to effectively cure him of multiple sclerosis.
The procedure is akin to rebooting the patient’s immune system. The first step was to extract some of Ben’s stem cells from his [...]

Walk in centre now open, and doling out the good gear

By johnboy ⋅ May 18, 2010 ⋅ 12 comments

Katy Gallagher has announced that following last week’s greet and grip with the federales the “nurse-led Walk-in Centre” (please, someone, a better name?) is now actually open for business.
And she’s dropped a bit of a bombshell to really get up the noses of the doctors:
“Today I’m also announcing an amendment to ACT medicines legislation that [...]

Only hurt a bit? Take it to the Walk-in Centre

By johnboy ⋅ May 12, 2010 ⋅ 16 comments

Katy Gallagher has announced she’s launched “Australia’s first public nurse-led Walk-in Centre”.
It’s right next to Emergency at Canberra Hospital and will provide free treatment for minor maladies.
The Centre will be staffed by specialised nursing staff and provide Canberrans with a new health service option.
Nurses will provide advice, assessment and treatment for conditions such as [...]

1 of 4 babies exposed to TB dies

By RiotPost ⋅ December 3, 2009 ⋅ 30 comments

ABC Online and the Canberra Times are carrying the tragic story of a 14 week old baby boy, Douglas ”DJ” Franco-Gill, who died weeks after being exposed to Tubercilosis when an undiagnosed carrier, the father of another of the child, was allowed to stay overnight in the Canberra Hospital’s antenatal unit back in September. DJ [...]

TOGETHER WITH HUB YOU CAN HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR PAEDIATRICS AT THE CANBERRA HOSPITAL (PatCH)

By Hubman ⋅ August 21, 2009 ⋅ 13 comments

I’m not sure if this is the forum for such a post and do apologise in advance if it is deemed inappropiate. I’m essentially looking to raise as much exposure as possible in order to raise funds for Paediatrics at the Canberra Hospital (PatCH).
Paediatrics at the Canberra Hospital (PatCH) is in need of our help [...]

headless humans sign at Canberra Hospital

By martyo ⋅ August 7, 2009 ⋅ 7 comments

Top level at Canberra Hospital car-park (aug 09)
Maybe a caption comp?
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Canberra history – The first Canberra Hospital

By johnboy ⋅ January 13, 2009 ⋅ 26 comments

Riot reader Old Canberran is in the process of scanning in the photos he took back in 1948 and is sending some highlights in for us to gawp at.
This is a more recent photo to kick off the series but of interest for pub trivia purposes coming with the following information:
“It is the original Canberra [...]