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BMDH
For Blacktown Hospital 20 - 24 October 2014
For
Blacktown Hospital 16 - 20 June 2014
ON SITE THIS WEEK
 P12 staff car park now
closed.
Blackto
w
 Child care drop-off and
pick-up spots are still open
for carers only. If you use
the child care centre, stay
on marked paths, drive
carefully and observe all
signs and instructions
from site staff.
n Rd
COMMUNITY
HEALTH
HOSPITAL
AMBULANCE
UWS
CHILD
CARE
 Façade panel installation
starts soon so look out for
our colourful exterior!
P12
RENAL
P7
 Evening work continues
on our Clinical Services
Building site.
P1
BUNGARRIBEE
 Major concrete pours
continue as we approach
the top level of the CSB.
LE
UC
P12 now closed.
ME
LA
STAFF
PARKING
ONLY
KEY
Child care pick-up & drop-off
will be maintained
P
VMO
EMBARK BUILDING &
CRESTWOOD CENTRE
COMING SOON
 The bathrooms are
coming! Look out for flying
loos as our bathroom pods
start arriving mid-October.
ADMIN
Drive slowly in
the car park
EMBARK
 Photo comp judging
details soon.
SITE
OFFICE
ONCOLOGY
Emergency
Vehicles
Traffic control area
Main Entry & Information
Pedestrian path
Construction trucks
Construction site
Construction road only
Visitor parking
Staff parking
 CCTV camera upgrades
coming to the multi-storey
car park soon.
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BMDH Weekly Update
For Mount Druitt Hospital 20 - 24 October 2014
Railway Street
Luxford Road
Park in marked
areas only. Please
do not block truck
access.
GROUP
HOMES
P
STAFF ONLY
NOW OPEN
STAFF ONLY
CHILD
CARE
CENTRE
P
PALLIATIVE
CARE
ORAL
HEALTH
RUPERTSWOOD
REHABILITATION
UNIT
TALLOWOOD
NO
ENTRY
ENTRY
MALMO
HOUSE
P3 closed
ENTRY
HOSPITAL
ABORIGINAL
HEALTH
MAIN ENTRY
STAFF ONLY
P2
P1
STAFF ONLY
ON SITE THIS WEEK
 Line marking and electrical work underway in the P3
car park.
KEY
Line marking &
electrical work in
this area
 Electric works for P3 will affect some areas this
Saturday 18 October - affected areas have been
advised.
 Staff Forum - details to come.
NEXT
 There will be changes to staff and visitor parking fees
soon. More details will be provided shortly.
 Minor security upgrades are on the way for P1 & P2
car parks with new boomgates and CCTV.
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Parking area
Traffic control area
Vehicles
Construction trucks
Pedestrians
Construction site
Drop-off & pickup
BMDH Brag Book
17 October 2014
Biomedical Engineering celebration
SPECIAL EVENT | Our Clinical Services
Building might be dominating the local
skyline but there’s also major work going on
inside the existing hospital building.
Major refurbishment of our Mortuary,
Biomedical Engineering, Food Services and
Engineering & Maintenance facilities plus the
development of a new Central Equipment
Loan Pool were celebrated today with ribbon
cuttings, many photos on Facebook and a
huge (and delicious) red velvet cake.
These critical back-of-house areas have been
expanded in readiness for the opening of the
Clinical Services Building which will create
another 170 beds to Blacktown Hospital.
Congratulations to our staff and Kane
Constructions for completing these
important projects.
 Engineering change: Our Biomedical Engineering team show how it’s done at
their opening celebration.
CELP celebration
 Loan arrangers: : Brett Carter
demonstrated his official ribboncutting technique, assisted by
ribbon-bearers Katy Relf and Arnel
Krishna in the new Central
Equipment Loan Pool. This
important new facility will help
streamline the way hospital loan
equipment is managed, stored and
maintained.
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17 October 2014
Food Services celebration
 Dedicated service: Doing the honours for our Food Services
opening, from left, Neliza Palenzeula, Monica Platt, Jennifer Millard
and Chris Moss. Our kitchen is now up-to-speed for the extra
patient meals we will be preparing when the new Clinical Services
Building opens.
Maintaining excellence: The Engineering
& Maintenance team at their opening
celebration.
Engineering & Maintenance celebration
Electric dreams: Jenny Saunders shows
off some of the new powerpoints in CELP.
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17 October 2014
Mortuary celebration
 Behind-the-scenes: Our hard-working General
Services team in the expanded facility.
Major milestone: The team at their celebration ribbon-cutting being
snapped for posterity.
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17 October 2014
Let them eat cake!
Icing on the cake: Health
Infrastructure Project Director Andrew
Paris (left) and BMDH General Manager
Andrew Newton share the honours at
the cake-cutting to celebrate our
openings today.
We have a great partnership with
Health Infrastructure, but it never
hurts to sweeten things with a bit of red
velvet cake!
Watch out Nigella: Staff member Aileen
Tadiaman made the delicious red velvet
cake to celebrate the completion of our
internal refurbishments.
She was also the lucky 100th Facebooker to
like our site, scoring a limited edition
BMDH mug.
Thanks Aileen. Hope you had a nice cup of
tea to go with that to-die-for cake!
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17 October 2014
Clinical Services Building
 Bunkering down: New radiation bunkers under construction to
support our expanding cancer services.
 Top job: HI Project Director Andrew Paris and Appian Group Project
Manager Martin Little checking out the new Clinical Services Building as
we approach the ‘topping out’ - the milestone that marks the completion
of the highest level of building, due next month.
 Over the top: View to Blacktown.
 Lofty heights: Cranes Lofty and
The Claw hard at work.
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 General inspection: GM Andrew
Newton on site this morning.
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17 October 2014
Carer’s Week Special: Melaleuca Unit
Everything’s growing at Blacktown: Carer gift plants
made by the Vocational Training Unit at Cumberland.
 On the beat: The Police band tunes up for the Melaleuca carer's event .
From left, Belinda Adams, David Armstrong, Richard ‘MacG’, Craig Mitten,
Glenn Henrich. Thanks guys! You were spectacular!
CARERS WEEK | Connecting with community and carers
continues to be a priority for BMDH, even after the
completion of new facilities.
This week, Blacktown Hospital was one of several Local
Health District facilities to host special events to
acknowledge carers and build relationships with our local
community.
Congratulations to our mental health and carers program
teams for all their hard work this week!
Warm welcome: Mental health staff members Tiffany and
Megan dish out the goodies at the reception desk. Pictured
with them is Partnering with Patients Manager Kay De Ridder.
Goodies: Afternoon tea
& gift bags. Thank you to
the generous sponsors!
Community partnership: Chief Inspector Robert Fitzgerald and Director
of Mental Health Services Dr Senthil Muthaswamy at the carers event. Our
mental health service works closely with local police to help improve the
healthcare experience for patients and carers.
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17 October 2014
Carers Week Special
The hummer ride made Marian’s day!
Jump in my car: Carer Daria in the driver’s seat!
Humming along: Our local carers were treated to a
day of pampering for Carers Week, starting with a
ride in a stretch pink hummer.
Tuesday Morning Fever: In the disco
hummer, (from left) carers Angie, Judith,
Marian, John, Julie, Roda and Noel
accompanied by RN Lisa Roberts (back seat).
Time out: The day was organised
by our local carer team (from left)
CNC Matthew Tungol, Partnering
with Patients Manager Kay De
Ridder and Continuing Care
Consultant Sandra Hamill, pictured
here with the clock made by the
Parramatta Mens Shed to remind
carers to take some time out. More
than two million Australians are
carers. If you need support or
information, visit
www.wslhd.health.nsw.gov.au.
You wish: Jenny from the Project Team joined the
hospital onlookers and tried out her Vogue moves.
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10 October 2014
Annual Public Meeting
Red carpet ready: WSLHD CE Danny O’Connor pictured at the Annual Public
Meeting. This year’s APM showcased the LHD’s expansion projects including our
BMDH success and the new Westmead redevelopment. The LHD rolled out the
red carpet for special guest, 7 Newsreader Chris Bath and we rolled out our
BMDH banner! At right, above, GM Andrew Newton at the meeting and below,
Danny with special guest Chris Bath.
Paper-Lite news… VIPs… COWs on the move...
Paper rocks: Paper-Lite visits continue on site as we play
host to groups from all over the state, keen to see how we did
it. This week, the team from Northern Sydney dropped in for
an inspection. From left: Anna Mirapuri, Garry Wade and
Wendy Loomes with our ITS Director Lyn Packer.
Have you herd?: The first of our COWs have arrived.
They’ll be mooving on to wards soon. If you haven’t
already suggested a name for our new arrivals, it’s not
too late to enter via the contact page on our website.
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17 October 2014
Community Expo
Helping hand: Project Team members Monika Latanik and Leanne Watson attended the Blacktown
Community Services Expo this week. Close to a hundred people responded to our call for volunteers by
taking an expression of interest form and our first applications have already rolled in.
Leanne and Monika also answered questions about jobs, job placements and general project issues. The
expo is part of our continuing commitment to partner with the community and keep them up to date with
news and information. If you know someone who might be interested in volunteering, the info is on our
website.
Freshen up
Mount Druitt makeover: Our Mount Druitt façade gets a welcome spruce-up from
the General Services team. Looking good!
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