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If you`re looking for achievable goals to keep this New Year, our Metro North Health team know that putting your health first should be on top of the list. 📃🖋️

Eat Walk Engage (EWE) Facilitator and Senior Physiotherapist Megha knows that how we care for patients is constantly evolving, and initiatives like Eat Walk Engage remind us that keeping people moving, nourished and engaged is just as important as the medical treatment they receive. 🏃‍♀️🎾🩼

"As we move into the new year, my hope for 2026 is that we continue to strengthen the way we care for people, not just for their clinical needs, but for their whole experience in hospital," Megha says.

"I have seen firsthand how small, intentional changes in care can have a powerful impact on recovery, dignity and independence."

"Alongside my professional role, Donate Life is a cause that is very close to my heart. I’ve seen the life-changing impact of generosity and compassion beyond the hospital walls. It’s a powerful reminder of the difference our health system, our staff, and our community can make in people’s lives."

"Looking ahead to 2026, my hope is that we continue to support our patients, families and colleagues with kindness and collaboration and that we all continue to find meaning in both the small moments and the big outcomes that define our work." ...

Celebrating 20 years since her heart, double lung and liver transplant at TPCH, Lucinda has not only defied the odds with her health, but she continues to rewrite the record books with every new accomplishment.

Taking hundreds of tablets a week, attending 55 clinical appointments every year and meeting with the transplant team every 12 weeks would be a challenge for most of us, but for Lucinda it`s simply an acknowledgement of the gift of life she was given all those years ago.

"Normal life is the important stuff," shares Lucinda.

"I`ve been really lucky to have all the same people looking after me from the beginning."

"I`m still seeing the same head doctor and the same physio and pharmacists, we`re so close that they feel like family."

To learn more about Lucinda`s remarkable journey, check out the Newsroom story via the link in the comments 👇 ...

“While many of our facilities are closed during the Christmas break, our unique facility, the Residential Transition Care Program (RTCP) continues to run 24/7. At RTCP, allied health, nursing, medical and support staff work with our consumers with the main goal of assisting them to return home or to other services. Our patients come from hospitals after receiving prior assessment. Most of our patients are discharged home, with others going on to other facilities/services and a few transitioning into Residential Aged Care. The Program supports people both in hospital and in their own homes. We have 60 beds which makes us a busy space, but we are a cohesive team who are resilient and use creative ways to think outside the box, because safe supportive discharges is our priority.”

Senior Physiotherapist Kirsti has been leading a very dedicated Physio team at RTCP for 18 months, and recently was celebrated on Allied Health Professionals day for her leadership in Community and Oral Health. ...