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Like most ovarian cancer patients, Associate Professor Siobhan O’Sullivan had no symptoms and was seemingly the picture of health. When she finally started

Dr Khor and the Outpatient Wards requested Foundation funding for an ultrasound scanner to help improve the care for patients in the Pain

Bereavement support to help families through loss is offered in less than one third of intensive care units in Australia despite more than

Did you know that an estimated 1.7 million Australians aged 18 and over are living with chronic kidney disease (CKD)? In 2020, CKD

September is Blood Cancer Awareness month, and the Foundation had the privilege to interview Julie. Julie is a patient at the Prince of Wales Hospital currently being treated for Leukemia in the Haematology wards. Her story is of bravery, heart and determination and we are in awe of her positivity during her treatment.

It’s Allied Health Professionals Day on Friday 14 October so lets celebrate our Allied Health team here at the POWH. Today we had a chat to Ruby who is part of the team and learnt more about her role, why allied health is important and what she loves to do outside of work.

The Foundation team recently caught up with Prince of Wales Hospital Infectious Disease Specialist Dr Kristen Overton and spoke to her about her research into antimicrobial resistance (AMR) which threatens the effective prevention and treatment of an ever-increasing range of infections.

In 2008, I was a 26 year old expat living and working in Whistler, Canada and was celebrating a recent promotion on a night out when I fell, tumbling down a flight of stairs and breaking my neck, it went from everything being fantastic to everything being, quite literally, turned on it’s head.

It’s Speech Pathology Week and we had the chance to catch up with Sienna who is a Speech Pathologist in the Geriatrics Department at Prince of Wales Hospital. Sienna is deeply passionate about speech pathology and the meaning it can bring to a patient’s life when they need it the most.

For NAIDOC week we had the honour to interview Miki, Charmaine and Rhiana, a team of Aboriginal Health Workers at Prince of Wales Community Health.

Hayley is one of our Radiation Therapists at the Prince of Wales Hospital who has recently been appointed the Hospital’s Wellbeing Ambassador. This is a district initiative to help focus on staff wellbeing and implementation of wellbeing interventions at the Hospital.

Tony isn’t a stranger to cancer. In 2012, he was first diagnosed with lung cancer which led to surgery to remove parts of his lungs. Sadly this was just the beginning.

This month is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month and we had the honour to interview Paolo who is currently receiving treatment for bowel cancer at Prince of Wales Hospital.

Justin  (Service Manager, Covid Management Centre) Interview for Men’s Health Week It’s Men’s Heath Week (13– 19 June) and the Foundation sat down

Trish (Palliative Nurse) – The Importance of Palliative Care Trish is a Clinical Nurse Consultant for the Palliative Care Unit at the Prince

We interviewed Katelin, a clinical nurse consultant with the Cancer Outreach team and John who is one of our myeloma cancer patients about

We had the honour of interviewing Kayla, who is a clinical psychologist at the Kiloh Centre. We spoke about her role and what her thoughts are on increasing the mental wellbeing of staff at POWH.

How long have you been a volunteer at POWH?  24 years.  What’s a rewarding or happy memory you’ve had during your time here

Amidst the fast paced bustle of the corridors of our District’s hospitals is an unseen army – our Dock, Goods and Stores teams.

Initially thinking that she was suffering from back pain, something that runs in her family, Joanne only became alarmed when she found a lump on her neck. In June 2019, at the young age of 40, Joanne was diagnosed with Stage 4 Metastatic Lung Cancer.

Rachel Farrelly is set to become the first Indigenous female surgeon. Her journey was not easy and being a Gunu woman who was raised on Wiradjuri country, moving from a small rural community to a city university had its challenges.

The Oncology Clinical Trials Unit at the Prince of Wales Hospital offers a plethora of trials including 15 for women with ovarian cancer across different stages of their cancer trajectory.

Generously donated goods from Woolworths Metro Randwick, refreshing organic Kombucha drinks from Remedy, delicious Lindt chocolates and mouth-watering cheese rolls from Baker’s Delight Wynyard lifted spirits across our hospital staff. Thank you to our corporate partners for their exceptional contributions. You brightened some of our most challenging days and brought a smile to our staff’s faces.

Cardiovascular disease affects all of us and accounts for over 1.2 million hospitalisations in Australia alone, so it comes as no surprise that the Prince of Wales Cardiology Department

At just 55, Karen suffered a heart attack. “It happened at Christmas time in 2019 with all the events and festivities along with end-of-year work schedules and commitments,” Karen recalls. “It caught us all off guard.”

This unforeseen pandemic has given society so many challenges and has changed our way of living. We all learned to adjust to the “new normal” and thanks to high vaccination rates our cities are now starting to open up again.

Cigarette smoking has always been a part of the lifestyle for some individuals. Some smoke while drinking, during social events, to de-stress, or

Despite diabetes being such a common disease, lots of people get confused between type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Type 1 is considered

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to encourage everyone to be more aware of the impact of breast cancer. Breast cancer is

HEAD AND NECK CANCER is the 7th most common cancer in Australia, with over 5,000 new cases being diagnosed each year. The impact of a

PARTIALLY FUNDED BY the 2020 Foundation Grant Rounds, Dr Eckhardt’s research challenged the guidance that special aerosol precautions are only needed when using