When Connie was rushed to the emergency department, daughter Di Marshall feared her beloved mother would never leave hospital. But with the help of geriatric nursing and medical specialists under the Geriatric Rapid Intervention Program (GRIP), Connie was able to...
A Central Adelaide frontline healthcare worker is the one of the first South Australians receiving the Pfizer vaccination at the Royal Adelaide Hospital’s COVID Vaccination Clinic. Nurse Unit Manager Annabel Thomas has played multiple roles in the COVID-19 frontline...
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...
After becoming critically ill and needing a battery-powered device to keep him alive for 12 months, Graeme Klemm “couldn’t be happier,” 18 months on from receiving a new heart. It’s been a long road for the 57-year-old father of three. Now after getting through the...
Patient Daniel Alexander and his partner Elaine are now contemplating a major celebration – a wedding, her 50th birthday and marking the successful transplant of his new kidney. When the 47-year-old salesman from Darwin got a call at 4am to tell him he had a match, he...
