STATE BRANCH REPORTS people located in remote communities, mine sites, mining exploration teams, cattle stations, farms and tourism. Cathy also explained some interesting annual RFDS operational figures, namely:
• 41,200 Tele-health phone calls registered. • 9,132 flights completed. • 8 Million kilometres flown. • 15 Aircraft in service. • 27,715 patient contacts made. • 18,582 patients attending clinics.
Examination Room
Following the presentations, host Colin Crabtree guided the delegates on a front-of-house and back-of-house tour of the redeveloped campus and expertly fielded many engineering questions along the way. The conference was also made possible with support from the following sponsors – Burke Air, 4 Health Care, Integrated FM, A&M Medical, Safe Systems and BMSS.
Engineering (AIHE) at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. Mr John Dransfield hosted the meeting and welcomed the 55 members to the facility and included a guided tour of the nearly completed Perth Children’s Hospital (PCH). The $1.2 Billion facility being built on the QEII Medical Centre site in Nedlands, will replace Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) as the State’s dedicated children’s hospital, providing specialist paediatric care for children and adolescents of WA. Construction of the new hospital began in January 2012 and is due to open late 2016. As the meeting sponsor, Glen Flanagan from Wood & Grieve presented their diverse engineering capabilities and key completed projects with WA in a range of market sectors such as health, aged care, retail, sports, culture and the arts.
Greg and Debra Truscott enjoying the Conference Dinner Emergency Department Entry
• RFDS WA cover an area of 2.5 million square kilometres.
VIC/TAS BRANCH REPORT – RODERICK WOODFORD, BRANCH PRESIDENT
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ic/Tas has held two Professional development days this year with the Annual Branch meeting held on the 20th May. Vic/Tas election of the committee of management also took place on the 20th May at the conclusion of PD2 with the following results: Vic/Tas President, Roderick Woodford Branch secretary, To be advised. Branch Treasure, Roderick Cusack Committee of Management: Peter Crammond, Howard Ballmer, Simon Roberts, Sujee Panagoda, Mark Hooper and Michael McCambridge.
Branch Meeting May 2016, Perth Children’s Hospital A combined branch meeting was held with the Australian Institute of Hotel
PCH nearing practical completion
Followed by,
Nation Board representatives: Michael McCambridge and Roderick Woodford. Professional Development Seminars for 2016 PD one; the theme was, Fire Risk Management in Health Facilities, Essential Services & Building Code compliance VENUE: Engineers Australia, Level 31, 600 Bourke Street, Melbourne VIC 3000. DATE: Monday 22nd February 2016, attended by 34. With the first speakers from; Department of Health, Fire Risk Management Unit presenting on Guidelines for Fire Risk Management in Victorian Health Facilities by Hank Van Ravenstein, Stephen Kip, Dr Ian Bennetts.
• Speaker; Brian Sherwell, Brian Sherwell & Associates, Presenting on The BCA and Fire Risk Management, a Building Surveyors perspective. • Sponsors Presentation; Narelle Turner from Broadspectrum. • Speaker; Gary Lake, Lake Young & Associates Presenting on Fire Safety Audits, interpreting the Series 7 guidelines and conducting audits. • Speaker; Tony Stokes, Stokes Safety; Building Safety and Compliance. Essential Safety Measures, regulatory requirements and best practice. PD Two; Theme Warm Water Systems Compliance and Reverse Osmosis Water Quality Testing to AS 4187
THE AUSTRALIAN HOSPITAL ENGINEER I JUNE 2016
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