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Flying the flag for people living with rare diseases 23 December 2021 Clinical Geneticist Professor Gareth Baynam works tirelessly to raise awareness of the unmet needs of the more than 300 million people living with a rare disease around the world. As part of an international Rare Disease Advocacy Movement, coordinated by Rare Diseases International, Professor Baynam has been previously invited to present at both the United Nations Headquarters and Microsoft Headquarters to highlight the complex challenges faced by families living with a rare disease. More recently he was an invited speaker at a formal UN Side Event. The goal was to advocate the need for the United Nations to adopt a formal resolution on the topic which for those who don’t know, is a formalised expression of the UN opinion on a topic. The resolution was adopted last week and a very excited Professor Baynam said this is a momentous step towards transforming the lives of so many peo... -
Our very own Human Rights Award Finalist for the United Nations Association of Australia 20 December 2021 Although we are a little late in recognising this fantastic achievement – we’d like to congratulate our very own Natasha Cunningham, Project Manager at Women and Newborn Health Service for her achievement in being announced as a Human Rights Award Finalist for the United Nations Association of Australia (WA Division) awards. Natasha has a profound moral compass with human rights , especially with access to health and education. She volunteers much of her time in promoting human rights both nationally and internationally, for organisations like the World Health Organisation and studied Human Rights Law at Harvard University where she focused on children's rights. Natasha’s biggest advocacy is the belief that every child should receive the same education and health irrespective of their socio-economic background. You’ll see Natasha around at WNHS@ Osborne Park in... -
Ever thought about a sea change? 06 December 2021 The Western Australian Government is supporting international recruitment in response to critical workforce shortages and will include travel exemptions and financial incentives of up to $8,000 to cover your flight and quarantine costs for the sea change you’ve always dreamt of. Do not miss this! Opportunities exist for midwives to join our King Edward Memorial Hospital (affectionally known as King Eddies) family over here in Western Australia. In 2021 we celebrate 105 years of caring for women and their infants at King Eddies and as Western Australia's only level 6 tertiary hospital for women we provide specialised care for our most vulnerable women. We offer wonderful career development opportunities and are currently going through a rapid recruitment process to fastrack those midwives who want to consider joining our team. We have outstanding continuity of care models and of...
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Midwife Niccola's career high 01 November 2021 When WNHS at OPH midwife Niccola recently provided wonderful continuity of care to a mum at Osborne Park Hospital she did so not realising that it would be the highlight of her career! Mum Rishu was comfortable in her OPH surroundings. She attended OPH for her antenatal care and Niccola had met and cared for the family five or six times in the lead up to the birth. “I’d have worked another shift just to be here when those twins were born,” she said. Thankfully this story went as planned with labour progressing smoothly and full support provided by both midwifery and medical colleagues, Rishu’s twin delivery was calm and beautiful. “This was so special to me both personally and professionally as it was my first vaginal twin birth ever (in 21 years of midwifery) and with a patient I had created such a beautiful relationship with.” Congratulations to Nicc... -
WARDA and Genetics WA - Working to Close the Gap 21 August 2021 When you work within part of such a big health service, it is sometimes impossible to know how amazing your colleagues really are! But yesterday at our staff forum, we heard from Head the Western Australian Register of Developmental Anomalies and a Clinical Geneticist Dr Gareth Baynam and our WA young Australian of the Year Yarlalu Thomas, a first year medical student with an absolute passion for closing the gap. Together they are making a huge difference to the lives of people living with rare diseases in WA and in remote Aboriginal Communities. One in three rare diseases have subtle facial clues. Gareth leads the Cliniface team who utilise novel 3D facial analysis and visualisation methods to assist clinical diagnosis, treatment monitoring, clinical trials and surgical planning for children with rare diseases. A key initiative of the team is the Pilbara Faces project which is leading t...
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