The Ramsay Way - 2014 | 01 9 Ramsay Sante CEO Damien Michon at a conference to launch the new molecular biology platform at Clinique de l’Union. Mr Anthony Whitefield with RN Munu Sharma & EEN Sarah Bourke. RAMSAYINDONESIA RAMSAYSANTÉ ON THE 13 FEBRUARY 2014 PREMIER BINTARO HOSPITAL WAS NOTIFIED THAT THEY HAD ACHIEVED JCI REACCREDITATION AFTER A FIVE DAY SURVEY. Premier Bintaro Hospital now becomes only the fourth Indonesian Hospital to obtain reaccreditation. CEO Dr Juni Gunawan thanked doctors, management and staff for all their hard work and support towards achieving JCI. The reaccreditation is valid for three years. PREMIER JATINEGARA HOSPITAL CONDUCTED A NUMBER OF EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR 57 CHILDREN IN MID FEBRUARY. These activities included: Healthy Teeth Fairy Tales by Brother Awan; singing and coloring- in sessions and dentist Linda Nieck led a fun session on how to brush children’s teeth. LABORATORY BIOSUD IN RAMSAY SANTÉ’S CLINIQUE DE L’UNION BOASTS THE FIRST EUROPEAN LABORATORY TO BE EQUIPPED WITH THE MOLECULAR BIOLOGY PLATFORM: GENEXPERT INFINTIY 48S WHICH IS FULLY AUTOMATED AND ALLOWS SIMULTANEOUS MULTI-PROCESSING TESTS OF UP TO 48 PATIENTS. The lab is also able to offer patients of Clinique de l’Union extremely rapid test results (between one and two hours). The new technology has been presented to doctors at the hospital and a live media demonstration is planned in April. Children’s educational activities at Premier Jatinegara Hospital Newest lab technology for Clinique de l’Union Premier Bintaro Hospital achieves JCI reaccreditation ON 5TH MARCH, 2014 79 YEAR OLD ANTHONY WHITEFIELD UNDERWENT GROUND BREAKING ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY PERFORMED BY PROFESSOR MICHAEL BOURKE, GASTROENTEROLOGIST TO HELP HIM SWALLOW. FOR THE PAST 8-10 YEARS ANTHONY HAS HAD TROUBLE SWALLOWING DUE TO A SPASTIC DISORDER OF THE LOWER OESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER CALLED ACHALASIA. SO BAD WERE HIS SYMPTOMS THAT HIS WEIGHT PLUMMETED TO LESS THAN 49KGS. Anthony underwent Per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) at Westmead Private Hospital, one of the very first POEM procedures to be performed in Australia. POEM involves creating a submucosal tunnel in the oesophageal wall and then selectively dividing individual muscle fibres deep in the oesophageal wall, particularly at the level of the lower oesophageal sphincter, thereby releasing the obstruction. The tunnel is then closed endoscopically with clips to avoid a leak of swallowed luminal contents into the chest outside of the oesophagus. Professor Bourke was supported by Professor Paul Fockens, a world authority in POEM from the Netherlands. Anthony will be on a light diet for the next week and will then progress back to a normal diet over time, which he has not enjoyed for quite some time. In particular he is looking forward to a seafood feast with his four children, 10 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild when he is fully recovered. Tim Daniel, Westmead Private CEO said it was a privilege to play a part in this new surgery that would assist people like Mr Whitefield. “We are very fortunate to have such remarkable surgeons working at Westmead Private who are progressing innovative surgery like this new endoscopic procedure,” he said. Westmead restores the gift to swallow – a first in Australia
The Ramsay Way - Autumn 2014
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