ramsay SANTÉ Baby bathing video takes world by storm AUTUMN 2013 TRW 3 Ramsay Health Care has partnered with Rotary to establish an efficient and effective program of distributing medical equipment and goods to needy communities in Australia and overseas. The agreement came out of Ramsay’s and Rotary’s joint desire to establish a mechanism for the responsible donation and reuse of hospital and medical equipment and supplies which are no longer required by Ramsay’s facilities. The arrangement is specifically with the Rotary Club of Berrima and several shipments of hospital beds, cribs, anaesthetic machines and consumables have already made their way to needy destinations. Rotary Club of Berrima President Jan Edwards said their Club had a desire to make a positive contribution to the community. “This is a great initiative and we look forward to being able to assist in identifying potential communities and the needs of those communities in relation to any goods Ramsay advises could be available for donation. We will arrange the safe collection of the goods from the Ramsay facility and the delivery of the goods to the community in need,” Jan said. Ramsay’s coordinator of the program Sue Panuccio said the program had already got underway with some items delivered to Fiji over the last six months. She said items that could be considered for donation included: hospital beds, wheelchairs, theatre tables, theatre lights, medical supplies, hospital furniture, and medical equipment such as blood pressure monitors, anaesthetic machines, sterilisers. Through its corporate social responsibility program Ramsay is also providing financial contributions towards the costs of delivery. For further information please contact: Sue Panuccio on panucciosue@ramsayhealth.com.au (see page 11 re items donated to Fiji as part of the program). Ramsay/Rotary partnership kicks off Federal boost to Hospital’s Cancer Services Victorian Minister for Health David Davis recently visited Mildura Base Hospital to announce funding of $430,000 from the Victorian Coalition Government to double the size of the hospital’s oncology unit. The boost, which has been supported with a $50,000 contribution from Ramsay Health Care, will enable more cancer patients to be treated locally. “This funding will enable the hospital to double the capacity of its oncology and chemotherapy service with the provision of four extra chemotherapy chairs,” Mr Davis said. “The project will also provide an additional treatment area, isolation room, counselling room and staff facilities.” He said the plan provided greater certainty to country Victorians about what they could expect from their local health services and the broader health system. Victorian Health Minister David Davis visits Mildura Base Hospital to announce funding for expanded oncology unit. Ramsay Managing Director Chris Rex was on hand to officially open the expansion Greenslopes Private Hospital in February. The $47 million development includes a new 64 bed accommodation wing, four more operating theatres and an expansion of coronary care. The 26 bed maternity wing is a key feature of the new development as a totally new service to start at the hospital. The maternity wing has quickly become a major talking point for new mums on social media. The rooms boast double beds, wide screen TVs, in-room coffee machines and ipod docking stations as well as a special chef-prepared menu. The official opening was emceed by Mamma Mia celebrity Mia Freedman. A video demonstrating a special technique for bathing babies & developed by Ramsay Santé employee Sonia Rochel, has taken the world by storm reaching over six million views since it was launched on YouTube. Sonia, a maternity assistant at Ramsay Santé’s Clinique de La Muette, has a unique way of bathing a new born, with sweetness and simplicity. In the video, she takes her time to manipulate and relax the babies until they feel so comfortable that they fall asleep peacefully. The beauty of her technique has been so popular with parents for many years that she decided to make a video in order to make known and share her technique. First broadcast on YouTube then on the La Muette website, today this La Muette baby bath video has been seen by people all around the world and viewed almost six million times. The phenomenon has become so widespread that one of the main French television stations visited Sonia at the hospital to find out more about her technique and her success. Clinique de La Muette is a prestigious maternity hospital in France located in Paris’s 16th arrondissement. It was the hospital former French President Nicolas Sarkosy and his wife Carla Bruni chose to have their baby in October, 2011. Every day, the hospital and Sonia are receiving emails from all over the world from people asking for training in this technique. To view the video see Thalasso Bain Bebe par Sonia Rochel on YouTube. Greenslopes opens $47 million development
The Ramsay Way Autumn 2013
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