At St Vincent’s Private we celebrate life every day, and in December, we always celebrate Christmas in a big way. We decorate, we sing, we give gifts, we say thank you, we reach out to our communities to connect with people needing support. Our hospital staff give generously to our [...]
This week we share a recent patient story from our Inspired Magazine. While preparing to celebrate Christmas with family, Marion went to bed on Christmas eve with the feeling she wasn’t breathing properly. After a few hours with no improvement and trying all of her usual solutions, including asthma medications [...]
Sleep and well-being go hand in hand. There’s nothing more annoying than feeling desperately tired and not being able to fall asleep or staying asleep. In conjunction with Sleep Awareness Week, I’d like to take this opportunity to talk about our Sleep Study Unit at St Vincent’s Private Hospital Werribee. [...]
Four teams from St Vincent’ Private Melbourne had the opportunity to present their case as finalists at the SVHA 2018 Innovation and Excellence Awards last night, at Marketplace, Melbourne. Congratulations to Karen-Leigh Edward on her nomination for the Catholic Identity and Mission and nursing practice case study. To Michelle Battye [...]
If you’ve missed this week’s news, you would have missed us on Nine News with a story about a family with five generations of history connected to St Vincent’s Hospital. Following her mum’s footsteps, Joan Gorman completed her nursing training at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne. She then went on to [...]
It is hard to explain in a word or a sentence why I have made my decision resign but I know in my heart it is time. I have been overwhelmed by the kind messages in emails, talks in the corridors or phone calls received from so many staff and Doctors since learning of my decision. Are you OK, [...]
This week has been a big week for all of us with hospital accreditation. Over the past few months, we have been preparing meticulously for the accreditation. The verbal summation has just been delivered by the Chief surveyor and the recommendation to ACHS is that we comply with all the [...]