by tanya.wilkins@sa.gov.au | 26 May, 2025 | Articles, Central Adelaide LHN Staff, Community, SAMI
Ask ten children if they like needles, and you’ll likely get ten emphatic ‘no’ responses. But what about when that fear of needles is more than mild anxiety but is born from the trauma of 10 – 15 unsuccessful intravenous (IV) insertion attempts at a time? ...
by tanya.wilkins@sa.gov.au | 21 May, 2025 | Articles, Central Adelaide LHN Staff, Community, Events, Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre, Repat Health Precinct
During National Volunteer Week, we are proud to celebrate the dedicated individuals who generously give their time to support the CALHN community. Their contributions are as diverse as they are meaningful, from offering comfort and companionship to patients on the...
by tanya.wilkins@sa.gov.au | 19 May, 2025 | Articles, Central Adelaide LHN Staff, Community, Events, Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre, Repat Health Precinct
Let’s be honest, it is a tough call not to feature all of CALHN’s 360 volunteers as part of National Volunteer Week. Although when you have the good fortune to meet Sue, you realise she is worth spotlighting. Former Nurse Sue volunteers at the CALHN’s Hampstead...
by tanya.wilkins@sa.gov.au | 7 May, 2025 | Articles, Central Adelaide LHN Staff, RAH, Research, TQEH
A long-term patient study has been quietly keeping track of radiation therapy results in paediatric, adolescent, young adult, and rare adult tumour patients … until now. Radiation Oncologist at CALHN’s Royal Adelaide Hospital, Associate Professor Hien Le, proudly...
by tanya.wilkins@sa.gov.au | 5 May, 2025 | Articles, Central Adelaide LHN Staff, RAH, Research, TQEH
The radiation oncology unit at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) might seem like a place of complex machines and intimidating procedures. But for Associate Professor Michael Douglass, Principal Medical Physicist at RAH, it’s a space of innovation, creativity, and even...
by tanya.wilkins@sa.gov.au | 1 May, 2025 | Articles, Central Adelaide LHN Staff, RAH, Research, TQEH
Dialysis is a life-saving therapy for patients with kidney disease – but it does come with some side-effects. A new trial is looking at whether cycling during dialysis could prevent an unwanted impact on heart health. Patient Will signed up to be a trial participant...
