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  • Calvary welcomes grant to support flexible aged care for Indigenous service

    Calvary Health Care welcomes a $6.7 million grant to support its Mulakunya flexible aged care service in Wurrumiyanga, formerly Nguiu, on Bathurst Island, Northern Territory. The Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care’s Capital Assistance Program grant will fund the construction of staff accommodation. Calvary General Manager Home Care South Australian, Northern Territory, Susie Jackson,…

  • The people of Calvary John James Hospital Maternity – Celebrating 30 years

    The post The people of Calvary John James Hospital Maternity – Celebrating 30 years appeared first on Calvary Health Care.

  • 104 years old and still as busy as ever

    Merle Hare’s secret to reaching 104 years young is simple – “I breathe in and I breathe out,” she says with a laugh. The Navy veteran, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother is a force to be reckoned with. Her days are full, tending to her garden filled with flowers, lemons and cumquats, visiting her local football…

  • New pacemaker technology ensures bladder control for Calvary patient in Australian first

    A Calvary North Adelaide Hospital patient is the first in Australia to have new pacemaker technology implanted to manage overactive bladder. The new Axonics F15 implant is a TGA-approved pacemaker device that stimulates the sacral nerves to improve bladder and bowel dysfunction. Last month at Calvary North Adelaide Hospital, Urologist Dr Ailsa Wilson Edwards implanted…

  • Endometrial cancer treatment option now available at Calvary Riverina

    A Calvary Riverina Hospital gynaecologist has performed the first laparoscopic hysterectomy with ICG fluorescence mapping and sentinel node mapping for endometrial cancer for the local region. Specialist Obstetrician and Gynaecologist Dr Marlene Bothma said being able to provide such care to local women when clinically appropriate would help improve the patient journey and outcomes. The…

  • Home-grown orthopaedic surgeon returns to his Riverina roots at Calvary

    Returning to his Riverina roots was the favoured option for Tau Loseli, who recently completed his specialist training to become a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and the Australian Orthopaedic Association. Dr Loseli has subsequently been appointed as a Visiting Medical Officer at Calvary Riverina Hospital. Dr Loseli’s story The orthopaedic surgeon…

  • 1000 heart surgeries later, Calvary still meeting statewide need

    Calvary Lenah Valley Hospital is celebrating a milestone 1000 heart surgeries, six years since opening a specialist cardiothoracic service. After having an angiogram at Calvary St Vincent’s in Launceston, retired local council horticulturist Ian Rowbottom, from Legana on the Tamar River, travelled to Hobart for valve replacement surgery. “One thousand is a lot of people…

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