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Issue: 27 March 2017
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Refurbishment works for the Gray Street main entry and façade commenced in July last year and so far, have concentrated mainly on the external upgrade which includes new façade awnings, exterior cladding and the installation of shop front glass.
We are now moving into the final phase of the
refurbishment project which is to create a more open and welcoming main entry environment with a new hospital reception area, comfortable seating and waiting areas and new retail outlets.
To do this, the current temporary main entry access point (called the western airlock by our redevelopment team) will be closed and a new entry point close by (called the eastern airlock) will be opened.
We will advise staff when we have a date confirmed for the changeover.
Signage will be in place to direct staff, patients and visitors through the new entry and we will also have our Redevelopment Volunteers on hand to assist. Accessibility access for the hospital main entry and the Emergency Department will be available at all times.
Coming soon: Grey Street main entry works to move in doors
St George Redevelopment Newsletter
Welcome to St George Hospital’s new volunteers from left: Joshua Feeney, Jake Watson and Ethan Davidson. The three school leavers are part of a transition to work program helping young people living with a disability into paid employment. Their new role is to assist patients and visitors find their way around the hospital during the redevelopment disruptions. This includes manning the new information booth on Belgrave Street and also helping people around the Gray Street main entry where refurbishment works are ongoing. The transition to work program runs for two years and teaches the participants life skills needed for employment.
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Issue: 27 March 2017
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Staff Slogan Competition - Closing date: Friday 14 April, 2017
It’s getting real! As the scaffolding starts to be removed from the Acute Services Building (ASB) façade, our new building is being revealed for the first time. The first of the sky signs is now clearly visible from Short Street.
Getting ready to make the move into the new ASB
Moving into a new building is an enormous undertaking for any organisation. For a hospital, it is even more complex with continuation of quality health care for patients the number one priority.
A lot of consultation and planning has been going on behind the scenes through the Redevelopment Change Management team to ensure our staff are prepared for the transfer of their departments into the ASB later this year.
There is a lot to do. Old work spaces need to be decluttered – we are only taking what we need so there will be declutter days. Training will also be scheduled for new equipment and work practices and there will be a whole range of activities specific to departments that will need to take place to ensure it’s
a smooth transition.
To kick start the countdown to move day, we are launching a staff initiative in May, 2017 to signify the approaching move deadlines but we need your help.
We are looking for a catchy slogan we can use (no more than six words) to promote our preparing to move campaign through a staff competition. The winning entry will receive a VIP site tour of the new ASB.
To enter, simply fill out the entry form below and place it in the competition box located in the hospital’s old cafeteria dining area. The closing date is Friday 14 April, 2017 @ 5pm.
Issue: 27 March 2017
Write to us at:
Visit our project website:
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The new Pharmacy Delivery area has also been handed over to the hospital in its new location off the ED corridor.
Pharmacy deliveries were previously temporarily located in the old cashier office space during refurbishments.
This area has now been closed off including the cashier corridor for demolition works behind construction hoardings in readiness for the creation of a new linking corridor leading from the hospital Tower Ward Block to the new ASB atrium.
Below is an artist impression of the new corridor starting from the Tower Ward Block lift lobby.
On hand to inspect the final finishes of Pharmacy Delivery from left: Gilda Barakat Johnstaff (Redevelopment Project Management); Johneen Tierney, Director of Pharmacy and Rod Gardiner, Pharmacy Purchasing Officer.
The hospital refurbishment program continues with the Emergency Department (ED) receiving two newly refurbished office spaces.
The offices are now in use for social work and asset management.
Overseeing the handover from left: Kim Bonnici, Nurse Manager and Redevelopment Commissioning Officer; Antoinette Borg, Nurse Manager, ED and Fiona Duncan, Redevelopment FFE Officer.
Redevelopment benefits already here for refurbishment program
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Issue: 27 March 2017
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The St George Hospital Redevelopment is not all about construction of the new Acute Services Building and hospital refurbishments. Other benefits to the hospital include the arrival of new, state-of-the-art technology not available at anyother public hospital in Australia.
Called the O-Arm, the largest piece of equipment
purchased for the redevelopment is worth over$1 million and is similar to a mobile intraoperativeCT scanner.
Dr Mark Davies, Neurosurgeon, says the O-Arm is the best equipment available of its type in the world. “More than 15 years in the development, the benefits of the O-Arm extend beyond its core role for trauma spinal and brain surgery. We are still exploring its capabilities and looking at what it can do for other areas of surgery.”
The O-Arm links with the surgical navigation systemin the operating theatres and offers many benefitsover traditional 2D fluoroscopy machines. Its mobilitymeans it can be wheeled into different theatres whenneeded, providing three-dimensional images in realtime with low radiation exposure, enabling medicalstaff to remain in the room while in use.
Combining the image quality of a CT scanner in the operating room with what is essentially a GPS for surgeons; the O-Arm enables doctors to more easily navigate around delicate spinal and neurological structures and tracks instrumentation during surgery. This means surgeons receive extremely precise real time visual feedback on the insertion of metal rods and screws during spinal surgery.
“The benefits of using this technology flow on to the patient with the precise accuracy of the O-Arm resulting in higher success rates of surgery, less after surgery complications and shorter recovery times for patients.
“As a Level 1 Trauma Centre in Sydney, it’s really significant that St George Hospital now has the O-Arm and we are already seeing the benefits.
St George Hospital’s new O-Arm - a first for public hospitals in Australia
"For example, a young lady in her 20s with an unstable spinal fracture as a result of a car accident, recently had surgery using the O-Arm. She was able to leave hospital just days after surgery. Previously, she could well have been in hospital for up to two weeks, such is the accuracy of this technology,” Dr Davies said.
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Golden Ticket winners step behind the scenes of the new ASB
Golden Ticket Winners for our January ASB site tour were from left in the special VIP red hard hats: Danielle Knoke, Physiotherapist, Allied Health andCathie Sharman, Administrative Assistant, Childrens Ward and Special Care Nursery.
Our February Golden Ticket winners were from left: Brett Johnson, Wardsperson; Kim Wade, Manager, Business Information; Irena Martincich, NutritionSupport.
Our builders Multiplex will be handing over the new hospital substation shell on the corner of Gray Street and the Gray Street car park to Ausgrid in the near future. It will then be up to Ausgrid to commission new electricity transformers and undertake the final connection of the sub station to high voltage cabling to power the new ASB.
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High Voltage works underway in Gray Street
Our February Golden Ticket winners were from left: Brett Johnson, Wardsperson; Kim Wade, Manager, Business Information and Irene Martincich, Nutrition Support.
Please follow the directions of signage and traffic controllers in regards to parking and pedestrian walkways while these works are underway.
