Mona Vale’s palliative care unit treated 600th patient
Mona Vale Hospital’s palliative care staff
Mona Vale Hospital’s palliative care unit passed another impressive milestone in July, admitting and treating its 600th patient since opening in 2021.
The unit has also established itself as a supporter of corneal donation and the generosity of patients and families in giving this gift has been felt by those who work within the unit. Palliative Care staff specialist Dr Peter Roach said it was warming for the staff to receive regular positive feedback. He said that the unit was accredited for Advanced Training in Palliative Medicine with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and currently had two advanced trainees working in the unit.
The unit has a multidisciplinary team which cares for the physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual needs of patients with life-limiting illness. The unit is no stranger to making progress and reaching milestones. The unit has integrated the Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC) into its practice to help benchmark the service against other palliative care services. It has maintained a strong collaboration with the Northern Beaches Community Palliative Care Service and the palliative care team at Northern Beaches Hospital.
Mona Vale Hospital’s former A/General Manager Mathivanan Sakthivel commended the service
for reaching the important milestone of treating 600 patients.
“The service does a fantastic job for patients, their families and carers,” he said. “The unit keeps making inroads in palliative care and is such a great asset to the Mona Vale and Northern Beaches community,” “I’d like to congratulate the entire unit reaching this fantastic milestone and I look forward to seeing the unit continue to treat patients to such a high standard.”
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