Louise Oriti, Executive Director, Redcliffe Hospital
Like all hospitals in Metro North, we started the week in a challenging position. For many clinical areas, it’s been a long and busy week. As we head into the Easter long weekend, many areas of our hospital remain under pressure too.
Overall though, we have responded well to this latest challenge. I’d like to acknowledge everyone who has helped us maintain safe patient care this week. Thank you to everyone who has worked overtime, double shifts, and gone out of their way to help others.
I’m grateful also to Sally Taranec, Geoff Grima, and Grant Carey-Ide, who will each be taking turns as the hospital’s Incident Controller over the next few days. I’ll be away until late Sunday in North Queensland with my family. I’ll be back at the hospital on Monday, as we prepare for another busy week.
Easter means many things to different people in our community. For many, it retains a significant religious and cultural meaning. For many more, it’s a time shared with family and friends, celebrated with Easter egg hunts, and flavoured by hot cross buns and chocolate!
For our inpatients though, it means being away from all of that. Thank you to the hundreds of staff and clinicians this weekend who will be doing all they can to make this weekend a friendlier and warmer one for our patients.
If you are working this Easter weekend, please also do what you can to make our hospital warmer and friendlier for each other too.
We do better work when we care for ourselves and each other. #IamRedcliffe.
Louise Oriti
Executive Director
Redcliffe Hospital