New Fellowships in Place at Pindara Private Hospital Pindara Private Hospital has offered Dr Anna Chang Li Kuin a Fellowship in Neurosurgery. Dr Chang said she was honoured to be the inaugural recipient of the NuVasive Fellowship in Neurosurgery at Pindara Private, and have the opportunity to work under leading Gold Coast Neurosurgeons Dr Leong Tan, Dr Ellison Stephenson and Dr Chris Schwindack, in a hospital that offers a dedicated Neurosciences Unit serviced by a highly specialised nursing team. “Pindara provides exposure to a wide range of spinal surgeries, including complex cases, plus I have excellent support from my supervising consultants and plenty of opportunity to assist during operations,” Dr Chang said. Pindara is also offering a Fellowship in General Surgery, which is due to be filled later in 2015. Pindara CEO Trish Hogan said the Geneal Surgery Fellowship will provide exposure to general surgery, oesophagogastric surgery, hepatobiliary surgery, endocrine surgery, bariatric surgery and a large volume of laparoscopic surgery. Pindara Private Hospital runs 20 operating theatres including a new state-of-the art hybrid theatre for neuro-radiology and vascular cases. This worldclass facility was opened in 2014 at the same time the hospital opened a state-of-the-art, 29-bed Neurosciences Unit and four-bed close observation unit as part of the Dr David Lindsay Wing. Pindara Emergency Centre When the Pindara Emergency Centre opened in December 1987, it was the first private emergency unit in Australia. Twenty-eight years on, the centre services the busiest private healthcare precinct on the Gold Coast and is an accredited emergency medicine advanced training facility*, run by a team of emergency trained doctors and nurses with extensive experience in providing immediate and follow-up care. Around-the-clock emergency services are supported by the Gold Coast’s leading private medical specialists and the comprehensive range of health care services available on the Pindara Private Hospital campus. The emergency centre is also well-equipped with life-saving technology and is serviced by 24-hour radiology and other ancillary services. Pindara emergency doctors maintain close relationships with local general practitioners and specialists to ensure the best medical outcomes for patients. They deliver a prompt personalised service 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year, treating patients in order of medical urgency. Patients can present directly to Pindara Emergency Centre, or can request to be taken there by ambulance. No appointment or referral from your doctor is necessary. *The Pindara Emergency Centre achieved accreditation for advanced training in Emergency Medicine and commenced training trainee specialists in January 2014. Pindara Performs in the AustralianSuper Corporate Triathlon Pindara teams fared well in the recent AustralianSuper Corporate Triathlon held on the Gold Coast on May 2, 2015. Pindara Private entered a total of seven teams, including two male, two female and two mixed category teams in the ‘Health Care and Medical’ industry category, under the Ramsay Health Care banner. Each team member competing in the Main Tri, was required to complete a full triathlon in relay format. Members of the teams competing in the Woolworths Fun Tri Relay, were required to complete either a swim, cycling or running leg of the triathlon. Despite the inter-industry rivalry being strong in the Main Tri, the Pindara Men’s Team #1, consisting of Dr Sam Dowthwaite, Michael Moore, and Dr Ben Walters, managed to finish in 6th place overall, 4th in the men’s category and 1st in HealthCare and Medical industry, while the Pindara Female Team #5 - Dr Alison Sprague, Dr Sarah Goetz and Carmel Monaghan - finished 2nd in the overall female category. Pindara’s female team #6, Stacey Dickie, Trish Hogan and Dr Clair Allanach, finished second in the Woolworths Fun Tri. Pindara teams also won the award for the best corporate tri suit and our competing doctors and staff really stood out in their award winning costumes, as they completed the 400m swim, 10 km ride and 4 km run around the spit. NEWS Colourful Koala Attracts Attention A colourful koala attracted plenty of attention during its brief stay at the front of the Pindara Private Hospital, and justifiably so. He (or she) was part of the annual Animals with Attitude Gold Coast Sculpture Trail put on by the Currumbin Wildlife Hospital Foundation to raise much-needed funds for the Currumbin Wildlife Hospital. Pindara proudly sponsored the major fundraiser. The Currumbin Wildlife Hospital Foundation directly funds Currumbin Wildlife Hospital and their vital work treating, rehabilitating and releasing over 8,000 sick, injured and orphaned wildlife patients from across the City of Gold Coast region each year. The hospital has grown to be one of the busiest wildlife hospitals in the world, making the ongoing costs very high. Currumbin Wildlife Hospital has released over 50,000 native animals back into the wild since the first veterinarian started work in 1989. • Australia has one of the worst rates of extinction of its native animal species with over 27 mammal species becoming extinct in the past 200 years. • Koala populations in South East Queensland are rapidly declining due to devastating diseases such as koala chlamydia, as well as loss of natural habitat, which forces koalas into populated areas, where they are more likely to be hit by a car or attacked by domestic pets • It is estimated there are just 600 bilbies left in the wild in the whole of Australia. • Currumbin Wildlife Hospital needs to raise $1 million annually to continue to save Australia’s wildlife and find cures for devastating diseases threatening our native species such as the koala. Healthy Snacks Available 24/7 at Pindara Fruitbar To further the commitment to healthy living, Pindara Private Hospital has installed a new vending machine that sells fresh fruit and healthy snack packs, all day, every day for your convenience. The Fruitbar is refrigerated to ensure all fruit is fresh, and unsold fruit is replaced every few days. The machine takes credit cards, cash and coins, and dispenses change. So if you feel like a healthy snack or simply need a sugar hit, visit Fruitbar, located on level 2 of the David Lindsay Wing. 2015 pindaramagazine.com.au Pindara Magazine 9
Pindara Private Hospital Magazine - Issue Five
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