by CALHN | 29 Jan, 2021 | Central Adelaide LHN Staff, RAH
Congratulations to the Royal Adelaide Hospital Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, who have been ranked as the best orthopaedic clinic in Australia and ranked 22 in the world. The ranking is a result of survey responses from thousands of medical experts from 20...
by CALHN | 29 Jan, 2021 | Central Adelaide LHN Staff, Community, RAH
Peter Kelly doesn’t remember anything from Tuesday 11 August 2020. Just after lunch, the 51 year old suffered a cardiac arrest while at work. His colleagues started CPR immediately and continued until paramedics arrived. Paramedics were able to get a rhythm back, and...
by CALHN | 12 Jan, 2021 | Central Adelaide LHN Staff, Community, RAH
A “virtual visits” initiative helping patients and their families to keep in touch is being piloted at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. The trial was rolled out during South Australia’s November COVID-19 lockdown to help families stay connected. Over the festive period,...
by CALHN | 17 Dec, 2020 | Central Adelaide LHN Staff, Community, RAH
Lyall Pearce was feeling fit and healthy, having just celebrated his 50th birthday. “My grandmother lived to 101, so I was thinking I had about another 50 years left,” the husband and father of two from Hillcrest said. But when the ride to work he did every day...
by CALHN | 9 Dec, 2020 | Central Adelaide LHN Staff, Community, RAH, TQEH
Patients will now have a more visual picture of their care thanks to a new initiative called ‘My health plan for today’ that is popping up on patient walls across CALHN sites. Designed as a visual engagement tool for patients, staff and their families, the My health...
by CALHN | 27 Oct, 2020 | Community, RAH
Surgeons at the Royal Adelaide Hospital are performing world-first hip replacement revision techniques, which are changing the lives of patients with failed hip replacements. The technique, developed by orthopaedic and trauma surgeon Professor Bogdan Solomon, helps...
