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Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospitals Expansion Project | No. 331 | 23 August 2019

Fresh start for

Blacktown

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BLACKTOWN HOSPITAL



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STAFF & SPECIAL PATIENT PARKING ONLY

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HOSPITAL STREET

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Blacktown

Hospital

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BUILDING C CLINICAL SERVICES

BUILDING

BUILDING B

ON SITE

THIS WEEK

Asphalting work on

loop road next

week. Traffic

restrictions are in

place so please

follow directions

from site staff.

Use the colonnade

for pedestrian

access from

Emergency to the

Atrium

Emergency drop-off,

parking and entry

now open. Do not

drive over hatched

yellow areas - these

areas are for

emergency vehicles

only.

No parking in drop-

off zones. Please use

new parking area -

check local signs for

time limits and fees.

No staff drop-off or

parking in

Emergency area.

Staff please use

Entry 1 or 2 for

drop-off and

pick-up.

Please take extra

care while we all get

used to the changes.

Building A


MAIN VISITOR AND STAFF CAR PARK

Atrium now open

Renal & Admin

Friday 23 August - Daffodil

Day more info

Monday 26 August -

Perioperative Services,

Birthing and Newborn Care

move to Building A

Wednesday 28 August -

Maternity and Women’s Health

move to Building A

19 - 20 October Blacktown

Relay for Life. For more info

visit the Cancer Council

Diary

dates

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from Emergency to

Main Entry and

Atrium - follow signs

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Asphalting here








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MOVE BULLETIN



NO 1 | THURSDAY 1 AUGUST 2019

Blacktown Hospital Building A | Staff Information

No 11.1| OPENING NEXT

Opening next: Perioperative Services level 3

opens Monday 26 August

Birthing moves to A62 Birthing

on Monday 26 August

Newborn Care moves to A61

Newborn Care on Monday 26

August

Maternity moves to A71

Maternity on Wednesday 28

August

Women’s Health moves to A81

Women’s Health on Wednesday

28 August











BRAG BOOK


Oldest culture

forges new

beginnings A traditional Aboriginal Smoking Ceremony has

connected our newest facility with our oldest

culture, reminding us of the importance of the past

while marking a new beginning for Blacktown

Hospital.

Aboriginal Elder Brendan Kerin said the ceremony

actually begins from the moment the request is

made.

“Before I pick the leaf, I sing the song into the tree. I

pick the leaf, and when I burn the leaf that song is

released in the smoke,” Brendan said.

“It’s done for a lot of different things - to cleanse, to

get rid of bad energy. What we’re doing here today

is to clean the slate, and out of respect we do a

smoking ceremony to let the ancestors and the

spirits know that we are having a gathering on

country.

“We come in with good energy and to clean the

slate to make everything fresh.”

Brendan encourage everyone to wash themselves in

the smoke, describing it as a “shower for the inside

of your body”.

Thank you to Brendan, our guests Pauline and

Adriana, Yvonne, Lynette and Narelle, and our staff

and their families for attending.

Full story on The Pulse.

Front page

Staff and guests at the Smoking Ceremony at Blacktown.

Brendan, Lynette, Ned, Yvonne, Jennifer and Narelle

after the Smoking Ceremony.

Brendan lights the lemon-scented tea-tree

and eucalyptus for the ceremony.








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Shiny, preppy people

Our hospital staff have been busy getting ready for the next series of openings. Starting next week, Birthing,

Newborn Care, Perioperative Services, Maternity and Women’s Health will open in the new building. If you

happen to know someone booked in for a procedure, or expecting a baby, their hospital team will advise them

about the move.

Mel getting ready to open the new Perioperative

Services department on Monday.

Judy setting up in Maternity for

opening on Wednesday.

Perioperative Services team

Lauren and Jessica set up in Newborn

Care, opening Monday.








Don’t forget it’s Daffodil Day! In our stage 1 Infusion Therapies Centre, patient Nilini was having her second-last round of chemo under the care of nurses Michael and Stella.

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