Trish Hogan (Pindara Private Hospital CEO) accompanied by Robbie Falconer (Pindara Business Development and Marketing Manager) receive the inaugural Health & Wellbeing Award at the annual Gold Coast Business Excellence Awards from Bert van Manen, the Federal MP for Forde. Gail Keneally, the Pindara Cardiac Services Nurse Unit Manager said the new installations are a welcome addition to the Cardiac Services at Pindara Private and are the next steps in fine tuning the Centre of Excellence in Cardiac Services at the hospital. “This new state-of-the-art equipment will enhance the quality of what is already an excellent service - and that is great news for the Gold Coast,” she said. The advanced imaging and patient monitoring capabilities, enabled by this technology, bring benefits to the cardiologist and healthcare teams, whose challenge it is to identify areas of the heart requiring ablation – these benefits will subsequently flow on to the patient. “Improved imaging increases the clarity of the field of vision and ultimately the accuracy of the procedure. The lower radiation emissions and the advanced monitoring capabilities ensure we can keep tabs, in real-time, on the radiation levels in all sections of the laboratory during a procedure,” Gail said. Pindara Cardiac Services Unit staff have undergone extensive training in the lead up to the commissioning of the new equipment and the new Pindara Cardiac Cath Lab will be fully operational as of 20 January 2014. Next Stage of Pindara Master Plan Rolls Out The next stage of development to expand and refurbish Pindara Private Hospital is well underway with a new four-storey hospital wing currently under construction on land located adjacent to the existing hospital and next door to the Benowa State School. The new wing, which is due for completion in August 2014, will add new ensuite private room accommodation for overnight patients, three new state-of-the-art operating theatres and a much-needed ne w kitchen. Once complete, several of the existing older shared hospital rooms will be reconfigured and refurbished to ensure all future patients admitted to the hospital are able to be accommodated in private rooms. Since the completion of Stage 1 of the Master Plan in 2010, Pindara Private Hospital has become the centre of one of the busiest private healthcare precincts on the Gold Coast. Pindara Volunteers The “Friends of Pindara” volunteer more than 160 hours a week and perform a range of tasks around the hospital including helping out in Concierge, Accident & Emergency, Courier/Mail Room, Oncology Day Wards, Discharge Lounge, Library Trolley, Car Park, Department of Veterans Affairs and delivering newspapers. Affectionately known as “Vollies”, the smiling faces and willing assistance provided by the “Friends of Pindara” is valued by staff and patients alike. Pindara Wins Prestigious Gold Coast Business Excellence Award Pindara Private Hospital recently won the inaugural Health & Wellbeing Award in the prestigious Gold Coast Business Excellence Awards held on 30 November 2013. The Business Excellence Awards commenced in 1996 and have since grown to be recognised as the biggest, most comprehensive and prestigious business awards on the Gold Coast. For the first time, the awards, which recognise and celebrate leading businesses in the region, included a health and wellbeing category. Pindara CEO, Trish Hogan, acknowledged the outstanding efforts of all Pindara staff in her acceptance speech. “Pindara Private Hospital has been servicing the needs of our community for more than 40 years; our staff are highly professional and work hard to ensure we deliver the highest standard of care to our patients,” Trish said. “2013 has been a great year for us and 2014 will be even better as our Stage 2 expansion is completed. This project will not only increase our bed capacity but also improve our patient support infrastructure so that we can continue to grow in line with Ramsay Health Care’s Master Plan for Pindara.” “The future is looking very exciting for Pindara and I thank our staff, our doctors and our health care service provider partners for helping us win this accolade.” Ramsay Healthcare Celebrates 50 Years Pindara Private Hospital’s parent company, Ramsay Health Care, celebrates 50 years of People Caring for People this year. From humble beginnings in Sydney to the global success story it is today, Ramsay Health Care has remained focused on operating its business according to The Ramsay Way philosophy: “People Caring for People”. The story began in 1964, in the early days of the private hospital industry in Australia, when Paul Ramsay, founder and Chairman of Ramsay Health Care, purchased a guesthouse called Warrina House on Sydney’s North Shore and converted it into a psychiatric hospital. Today, Ramsay Health Care is one of the world’s largest private hospital operators with over 150 hospitals located across five countries – Australia, England, France, Indonesia and Malaysia – employing more than 30,000 people and admitting over 1.4 million patients each year. Ramsay Health Care purchased Pindara Private Hospital in April 2004 and have committed to a Multiphase Master Plan to refurbish and expand the facility to ensure it continues to meet the needs of the local community. pindaramagazine.com.au Pindara Magazine 11
Pindara Private Hospital Magazine - Issue One
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