Staff celebrate international Day of the Midwife
To celebrate International Day of the Midwife on 5 May, Royal North Shore’s Birthing Unit staff raised $600 to produce around 200 birthing kits to be donated overseas. The kits are donated to women in developing countries through the Birthing Kit Foundation. Containing soap, a plastic sheet, gloves, gauze, cord ties and a sterile blade, the kits provides the
essentials for birth in a low-resource setting.
“I feel it is imperative to raise awareness of women and cultures that are less fortunate,” Midwifery Unit Manager Sarah Winter said. “This event was a successful and rewarding experience which I would like to implement annually.”
Birthing Unit staff next to some of the 200 birth kits they packed
Volunteer Appreciation Day May is the month we celebrate our amazing NSLHD volunteers, with a range of events planned across the District.
special event in the Kolling Auditorium on Monday May 20.
The guest speaker will be John Brogden, chairman of Lifeline Australia, which has around 13,000 volunteers across the nation. At Ryde, vollies will enjoy a presentation and morning tea on Thursday May 23; Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital will hold morning teas throughout the week for the vollies who will be joined by a member of the executive.
Our events will co-incide with National Volunteer Week, May 20-26.
Volunteering Australia has declared this year’s theme to be “Making a world of difference” – a perfect reflection of the hundreds of volunteers who help our staff and patients across NSLHD.
At RNSH, volunteers will be honoured at a
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