newsAUTUMN/WINTER Beautiful indigenous art on loan from the Arts Centre Gold Coast adorns the walls at Pindara Private Hospital. then assessed by an experienced Emergency Centre Doctor who then consults with a relevant specialist if required. The centre’s doctors network closely with local general practitioners and specialists to ensure follow - up care is provided where necessary. The Pindara Emergency Centre is wellequipped with life-saving technology, and is supported by 24-hour onsite pathology services and radiology with x-ray, ultrasound, CT scan and nuclear medicine imaging, as well as Pindara Private Hospital’s state-of-the-art operating theatres, intensive care and coronary care units with cardiac catheter laboratory. Indigenous Art on Loan to Pindara from The Arts Centre Gold Coast A body of indigenous paintings, on loan from The Arts Centre Gold Coast, are currently on display and brightening the main corridor of Pindara Private Hospital. The paintings are part of the Gold Coast City Gallery Collection of Indigenous Art, a Pindara Emergency Centre Accredited to Train Emergency Specialists The Pindara Private Hospital Emergency Centre has recently received accreditation to train emergency specialists. Progress towards accreditation began when Pindara obtained a Commonwealth Government grant under the Emergency Department Private Sector Clinical Supervision Program (EDPSCSP) in 2012. Since then, the centre’s doctors have been formalising their Emergency Medicine Clinical Supervision credentials to ensure the necessary internal structures were in place to support training of Emergency specialists at Pindara. Dr Barry Rigby, Medical Director of Pindara Emergency Centre, said the recent accreditation was a huge step forward for the Pindara Emergency Centre. “We are now able to train up to two Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) Registrars at any one time for six month rotations of advanced training. While training specialists isn’t new for other specialties here at Pindara, it is new for Emergency Medicine and it is a testament to the quality of service we deliver here,” Dr Rigby said. The Pindara Emergency Centre is run by a team of long-serving doctors, emergency specialists and highly trained emergency nurses. The team provides around-the-clock, diagnostic and treatment services all day, every day. Patients are able to self-present or can be referred by their GP or other medical specialist. Each patient is triaged by an experienced registered nurse on arrival to ensure care is timely and given in order of clinical urgency. Patients are permanent part of the city collection that the gallery maintains and develops as part of The Arts Centre Gold Coast. The paintings are by different indigenous artists from the central and western deserts of Australia. These artists act as custodians of the land encapsulated in the work and the ceremonial stories. Each artist’s work relates to stories about their land, culture and associated Dreaming stories and each work provides a representation that gives the viewer access to the artists close spiritual connection to place. The paintings have all been donated to the Gallery and all but two were donated by Gallery Chairman and renowned philanthropist Patrick Corrigan AM. The Gallery Collection of Indigenous Australian art began in 1986 when the gallery opened and has continued to grow through gifts and judicious purchases. It is intended the display will change at some point in the near future, however, details of the changeover have yet to be determined. Pindara Magazine 10 Autumn - Winter | 2014
Pindara Private Hospital Magazine - Issue Two
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