reconstructive plastic surgery - Macquarie University Hospital
reconstructive plastic surgery - Macquarie University Hospital
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30<br />
heliCoPter lAnding<br />
on CAmPus<br />
HelICoPTeR<br />
TRANSFeRS<br />
<strong>Macquarie</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong> will<br />
consider installing a helipad after a<br />
number of recent emergency helicopter<br />
transfers of patients from emergency<br />
departments of other hospitals.<br />
<strong>Hospital</strong> CeO Robert Glynn said patients<br />
had recently been transported to the<br />
hospital on three separate occasions due<br />
to life-threatening neurological conditions<br />
requiring urgent <strong>surgery</strong>.<br />
On the first occasion, on December 17, a<br />
patient was flown in from Wyong <strong>Hospital</strong><br />
with the helicopter landing in an adjacent<br />
<strong>University</strong> carpark, while just last week<br />
one arrived from John Hunter <strong>Hospital</strong>,<br />
Newcastle, landing in nearby Christie Park.<br />
“The fact that patients are being flown<br />
in to our <strong>Hospital</strong> because that’s where<br />
they will receive the best treatment,<br />
speaks volumes for the expertise of our<br />
neurosurgeons,” Glynn said. “In all cases<br />
the patients were quickly and efficiently<br />
transferred by emergency ambulance<br />
officers the short distance to the <strong>Hospital</strong>,<br />
but if patient care will be improved in<br />
any way by us building a helipad, we’ll<br />
definitely consider it.”
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