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  • EMHS has opened Western Australia’s first gender diversity service (GDS) for transitioning adults 14 August 2023 EMHS has opened Western Australia’s first gender diversity service (GDS) for transitioning adults. The multi-disciplinary service provides initial assessment and/or hormone therapy for individuals over the age of 18 years only. The service provides much needed help to an extremely vulnerable patient group. The GDS is staffed by a sexual health physician, endocrinologist, clinical psychologist, speech therapist, clinical nurse consultant and clerk. A psychiatrist has been recruited to the service and will join the team shortly. Although RPH had previously seen transitioning patients through its Sexual Health Clinic, the GDS was now providing a dedicated and formalised service that would be open to transitioning patients throughout Western Australia. The EMHS new service does not offer surgical procedures because gender reassignment surgery is not available in the public health syste...
  • Aboriginal Health Community Advisory Groups in 2020
    Expression of Interest - Aboriginal Health Community Advisory Groups 19 May 2023 EMHS is calling for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the community to join the Aboriginal Health Community Advisory Groups (CAG).
  • Photograph of Professor John Papadimitriou who worked on the microscope and was visiting the TEM exhibit.
    Museum celebrates RPH role in HIV research race 17 April 2023 A very special exhibit has opened at the Royal Perth Hospital (RPH) Museum – one that encapsulates the primary role played by the hospital in the discovery of HIV in human tissue. As part of the Boorloo Heritage Festival which ran over the weekend of April 15th, the RPH Museum showcased the transmission electron microscope (TEM), which remains in its original position since it was first commission...
  • Claire, pictured here presenting her study findings, has been a driving force for the EMHS Obesity Prevention Strategy, launched in October 2020.
    Nutritionist puts kids’ menus under the spotlight 21 November 2022 East Metropolitan Health Service Principal Public Health Nutritionist - Community and Population Health, Dr Claire Pulker has played a key role in an Australian-first study focused on evaluating the nutritional content of kids’ menus at Perth restaurants and cafés.
  • Carol and Irene are all smiles at the award ceremony.
    Australian Physiotherapy Association recognises two of our own physiotherapists 18 November 2022 Two of our amazing RPBG Physiotherapy staff were recognised at the Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) WA Branch annual awards this month. Physiotherapy Head of Department Carol Watson was celebrated for her outstanding contributions to the profession while Senior Physiotherapist Irena Nurkic was acknowledged for her outstanding contribution to Physiotherapy Education. Both Carol and Iren...

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  • Photo of EMHS Think Tank student participants
    EMHS Youth Innovation Think Tank 2020 20 August 2020 On Tuesday 11 August year ten and eleven students from seven high schools attended the annual EMHS Youth Innovation Think Tank. The EMHS Youth Innovation Think Tank pairs high school students with clinicians and subject matter experts to collaborate on innovation solutions to common health issues. This year we hosted students from Lakeland Senior High School, Mercy College, Swan View Senior High School, Comet Bay College, Belridge Senior High School, Methodist's Ladies College and Shenton College. The students, guided by their expert mentors from EMHS and Child and Adolescent Health Service (CAHS), tackled either telehealth digital literacy or adolescent patient transition with the goal of finding a workable solution. The students then pitched their ideas to an Executive Judging Panel, who chose Methodist's Ladies College (MLC) as the winning team. MLC focused on the issue of adolescent...
  • Funding for palliative care services at Kalamunda Hospital 14 August 2020 Palliative care services at Kalamunda Hospital are due to be enhanced through a $9.5 million funding package announced this week. The upgrades will include the reconfiguration of patient rooms will be reconfigured to allow for single rooms with ensuites, improved access to outdoor spaces and the creation of an Indoor art/therapy room, as well as upgraded facilities and amenities for families and carers of individuals receiving end-of-life and palliative care. Funding will also support enhancements to palliative care outreach service supports, and education and training for our medical workforce to further the delivery of compassionate end-of-life care in our community. For more information read the Minister for Health's statement.
  • Photograph of staff with new cath lab
    RPH becomes first WA hospital to install revolutionary new imaging system 26 June 2020 Royal Perth Hospital (RPH) has become the first hospital in Western Australia to install a new generation imaging system for patients undergoing specialised cardiac procedures. The hospital recently upgraded one of its three catheterisation laboratories (“cath labs”) with the ARTIS Icono Imaging system – a revolutionary new imaging technology system for cardiovascular procedures. The imaging system sits within the heart of a cardiac cath lab and represents the ‘brains’ and ‘eyes’ through which the cardiologist plans and performs a variety of procedures. This includes lifesaving angioplasty and stent implants for the treatment of heart attacks, implanting pacemakers and other devices to correct heart arrhythmias, and a range of other specialised cardiac procedures. Each year, RPH conducts more than 4,500 cardiac procedures and access to this latest technology will allow for enhanced im...
  • Our RPH TMU scientists and staff on the RPH Medical Day Unit.
    World Blood Donor Day 14 June 2020 Every year, on 14 June, we celebrate World Blood Donor Day and thank blood donors for the life-saving gift they give with each donation of blood. The event also aims to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products and the important role they play in the provision of high quality care. Blood is a vital resource that can save and improve the lives of many, from people with life-threatening conditions and injuries, to those needing support for complex medical and surgical procedures. For a health system to be effective it must be able to provide all patients with the high quality, safe blood and blood products they need, and at EMHS we are committed to do just that. At RPH our team of scientists in the Transfusion Medicine Unit (TMU) ensure the compatibility, supply and safety of all blood products received by our patients. The lab scientists are integral in ensuring don...
  • Photograph of CITRA staff with the face shield
    Innovative COVID-19 PPE face shields developed at EMHS commence production 06 May 2020 EMHS's Centre for Implant Technology and Retrieval Analysis (CITRA) has begun producing ten thousand face shields to help protect medical staff across WA during the COVID-19 emergency. The face shields where developed in record time by CITRA's biomedical engineers Dr David Morrison, Dr Alan Kop, Mr Ryan Collier, Dr Moreica Pabbruwe and Dr Anastasia Nilasaroya. CITRA will oversee the production of two types of face shields at a Malaga based production company – a standard shield to be used by general hospital staff as well as a more specialised design for Ear, Nose and Throat surgery. CITRA has a long history of medical device design, manufacture and regulation, and has a world-renowned team of experts were best-placed to lead this project. "Our team, along with the rest of EMHS, could see the devastating impact COVID-19 was having in countries where the virus was already prevalent,...
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Last Updated: 16/08/2023
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