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Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospitals Expansion Project | No. 314 | 10 May 2019

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BMDH PROJECT WEEKLY UPDATE

BLACKTOWN HOSPITAL



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BUILDING C CLINICAL SERVICES

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BUILDING B

ON SITE THIS

WEEK

Please take care

around main

entry and multi-

storey car park

exit - works are

in progress.

Landscaping

works in

progress at new

main entry.

Check out the

BMDH Photo

Competition

Gallery on level

3 (behind Gloria

Jean’s)

ACUTE SERVICES BUILDING

CONSTRUCTION SITE (FUTURE BUILDING A)


MAIN VISITOR AND STAFF CAR

PARK

Paving and site

works in this area

Please take care

See the photo

comp gallery

level 3 Renal & Admin

Works at car park

exit - drive carefully

WE’RE

GROWING

Sunday 12 May International Nurses’ Day

Sunday 12 May Mother’s Day

Thursday 16 May Blacktown Hospital staff flu vax clinic 6.30am -

8.30pm - check the intranet for more dates and times.

19 May - 25 May Palliative Care Week

20 - 26 May National Volunteer Week

Thursday 23 May Mount Druitt Hospital staff flu vax clinic

6.30am - 9.00pm - check the intranet for more dates and times

Thursday 30 May Blacktown Hospital Chew’N’Chat Staff BBQ in staff

courtyard

Diary

dates

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BMDH PROJECT BLACKTOWN HOSPITAL

INVITATION

It’s Chew ’n’ Chat

time!

Staff BBQ Thursday 30 May

11.00am - 2.00pm

Staff Courtyard L3

Blacktown

Hospital

Grab lunch from our

free staff BBQ

Have a chat with senior

management (they will be

on the BBQ so you can’t

miss them!)

Meet the project team

Ask us anything about the

new hospital building

See the latest plans

See you there!


BRAG BOOK




General Services team

tour ticks the boxes Our General Services team gave the new Acute Services Building the once over

this week as part of our commissioning readiness program.

They spent a couple of hours checking utility rooms, bathrooms, patient rooms

and circulation areas for any potential cleaning, patient transport or other issues.

Everything from the soap dispensers to the fire stairs was thoroughly inspected.

The cleaner staff were pleased to see that, on their recommendation,

handwashing equipment had been relocated to make hand hygiene easier.

They also checked the curtain fittings, doors to patient rooms for ease of bed

access, beverage areas and garbage zones.

Thanks to our great team for the thorough feedback.

Commissioning of the new hospital is expected to begin shortly.

There will be opportunities for all staff to attend a familiarisation tour prior to

opening.

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Nita, Paige, David, Eloisa and Jignesh in the level 8 women’s health lounge

Beatriks checks out the birthing equipment - the unit includes rooms with birthing pools, birthing ropes and bars to assist with delivery

Eloisa, David and Jignesh inspect a baby bath in Maternity

Feedback from cleaners like Eloisa helped us position the handwash equipment in the right place









BRAG BOOK




Between Earth and Sky is a new

work by local Darug artist Leanne

Tobin designed to welcome people

from everywhere onto Darug land

and wish them safety and comfort

while they are here.

It includes glass panels featuring

words of welcome in 12 Indigenous

languages, a figure of woman with a

dilly bag, and ravens. The word

“Warami”, meaning “Welcome” in

Darug language, forms part of the

work.

Artist Leanne Tobin worked closely

with the Darug Tribal Corporation,

Darug Custodial Aboriginal

Corporation, Blue Mountain

Aboriginal and Cultural Resource

Centre and other agencies to create

the work.

“The woman figure is used to

personify Mother Earth, the giver of

life and provider of all resources,”

Leanne said in her artist statement.

“She also symbolises the role

women play in communities

throughout the world, continuing

age-old ceremonies that take one

throughout life: from birth to

death.”

The raven, commonly known as the

black crow or Butu Wargan in Darug

language, is a constant presence

seen everywhere.

The Darug and other Aboriginal

groups throughout Australia see the

crow as a messenger bird and

keeper of Old knowledge.

They are thought to be conduits

between the spirit world and the

earthly plane, with magical and

visionary powers. This belief is also

held in many other places around

the world including India and

Europe.

Local Darug stories tell of the crow

being a favoured form of the shape

shifters, or Clevermen, because of its

high intelligence and ability to adapt

to different situations.

Crows are believed to convey

messages from the spirit world to

Earth, and take messages and

prayers back.

In the installation, the woman can

be seen in communication with the

spirit world via the crows above her.

The panels allude to nets and

weavings used to collect foods to

nourish and heal, and references the

‘safety net’ of care delivered by

doctors, nurses and staff at the

hospital.

The Indigenous words of welcome

were sourced from the keepers of

each language group and represent

some of the 50 languages spoken in

NSW.

Mother Earth

welcomes you









BRAG BOOK




ASB

Roundup

Much like Santa, our

project team made a list

and they’ve been checking

it twice.

They have now ticked off

thousands of items on the

room data sheets as we get

ready for commissioning.

Department

representatives have also

been completing user

acceptance testing and

reviewing their areas.

We take your comfort

seriously, so we also tested

the seats in the new level 5

lecture theatre. This 44-

seat space is specially

designed for education,

with large screens, room

for a patient bed, and

standing room at the back

for busy staff who are just

popping in to observe.

We even washed the

windows.

Looking good in satellite imaging

Specialist contractors washing the building

Defects checking - one room down, 1999 to go.

Checking fittings in Peri-Op

New lecture theatre seat comfort level - 10 out of 10.

Imaging team checking the new satellite imaging in ED

Exec team in ICU for planning discussions









BRAG BOOK




Volunteering for good National Volunteer Week starts 20 May so don’t forget to

thank a volunteer! Hospital volunteers are invited to

morning tea in the Hospital Street Gathering Place on

Wednesday 22nd May 2019 between 10 and 11am.

Volunteers Kay and Barbara with some Mother’s Day goodies on the regular volunteers stall

New Geri MAU Blacktown Hospital’s B35 now includes a Geriatric Medical

Assessment Unit as part of the ongoing improvements to

the way we manage patients in the hospital. The new pull

model ensure patients aged 70+ (and who meet the

required guidelines) are managed by the geriatric medicine

team. For more info, speak to the geriatric medicine team.

360 view of the future Blacktown Hospital is helping transform the way

universities teach electrical engineering by participating in a

unique 360-degree immersive learning project.

University of NSW School of Electrical Engineering Senior

Lecturer in Energy Systems Dr Jayashri Ravishankar said the

highly specialised course will benefit engineers working on

body cardiac protection, electrical wiring systems and

electrical safety systems in hospitals.

“It was difficult to add a lab component for the course

because of the nature of the content,” Dr Ravishankar said.

“The 360 degree immersive learning experience captures

the electrical safety aspects involved in a hospital

environment.

“This really increases engagement, provides a deeper

learning experience, encourages self-learning and takes

them on site in a way that would not normally be possible.”

UNSW educational developer Danny Tan said “it’s a bit like

Google street view”.

“It’s a good tool for learning because it puts students in the

driver’s seat and essentially delivers information on

demand, unlike more passive traditional learning. They can

go into the environment and explore it,” Danny said.

Criscilla from Johnstaff Projects, Danny from UNSW, Younesse and Francois from Jacobs architects, and Jayrashi from UNSW filming on site

The B35 team ready to welcome patients under the new Geri MAU model








Take

the

shot. Staff flu vax

clinics start 16

May 2019.

Check the staff

intranet for

dates.

Perfect timing. Leanne Tobin’s strong, proud Mother Earth figure now welcomes everyone to Blacktown Hospital. It’s fitting given it’s both Mother’s Day and International Nurses’ Day this Sunday. Happy Mother's Day to all the mums, and those we love like mums. And thank you to all our nurses.

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