{"id":2012,"date":"2021-08-12T14:20:34","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T04:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/?p=2012"},"modified":"2021-08-13T10:13:14","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T00:13:14","slug":"what-we-are-here-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/newsletters\/coh-express\/2021\/08\/what-we-are-here-for","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThat is what we are here for!\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Dr

Dr David Fu with Belinda Klumpp doing great things for families doing it tough.<\/p><\/div>\n

A simple phrase that paints a picture of this amazing, compassionate, selfless, and caring team and the work they do.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our Special Needs Dentistry specialists, who work across the service including Caboolture, Redcliffe and the Oral Health Centre, are changing lives \u2013 and delivering care where it matters.<\/p>\n

They are making a difference to people and families who at times struggle to find the best possible oral care.<\/p>\n

And, in their own words \u2013 \u201cThat is what we are here for!\u201d<\/p>\n

The Burrell family shared their journey and the amazing treatment they received for their son who has a disability.<\/p>\n

This is what they said about the Specialist Needs Dentistry team who have teamed up the with the Caboolture Hospital crew.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/strong>After a hard and exhausting time trying to navigate the Queensland Health System on our return to Gladstone from Western Australia.<\/p>\n

I must sincerely thank all clinicians and staff at the Special Needs Dentistry [part of Metro North Oral Health Services] and Caboolture Hospital.<\/p>\n

Our son is severely intellectually and physically disabled, and to top that he now has to deal with Ameloblastomic \u2013 tumours of the mouth.<\/p>\n

These tumours are on the rise in the young in Queensland and special needs and mental health patients really struggle with dental hygiene and getting services.<\/p>\n

If left unattended as we have found through lack of services the consequences can be dire.<\/p>\n

\"Dr

What a heartfelt and inspirational acknowledgement of champions Dr Claudia Lopez Silva, Dr David Fu and Dr Janice Chaung.<\/p><\/div>\n

We were so lucky to be introduced to Dr David Fu, Dr Claudia Lopez Silva and Dr Janice Chaung at Metro North\u2019s Special Needs Dentistry Service.<\/p>\n

We felt so included and everything was explained in detail at our level.<\/p>\n

The anaesthetist team were absolutely so professional, amazing and nothing was too much trouble.<\/p>\n

At other hospitals we have attended we have been hard work \u2013 everything was a drama. At Caboolture everyone went above and beyond. Communication and care are at the forefront of this great service.<\/p>\n

We were nervous about trying another hospital but the care, inclusion and medical treatment at Caboolture is second to none.<\/p>\n

In my son\u2019s life he has had many operations, we\u2019ve visited many hospitals in Western Australia and Queensland \u2013 and Caboolture was the best.<\/p>\n

We have previously been private patients until my son\u2019s latest diagnosis which can only be treated at a major hospital.<\/p>\n

The dental, anaesthetist team, Bri our nurse were simply so communicative, compassionate and inclusive making it the most positive experience for us.<\/p>\n

The nurses in recovery communicated to me nothing was too much trouble and they would love to have us back.<\/p>\n

Simply amazing, inclusiveness and communication was paramount always in their minds.<\/p>\n

The staff are so proactive, positive, welcoming and above all else INCLUSIVE.<\/p>\n

We struggle every day as a family and inclusiveness and feeling welcomed and cared for is hard to find. Thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A simple phrase that paints a picture of this amazing, compassionate, selfless, and caring team and the work they do.<\/p>\n

Our Special Needs Dentistry specialists, who work across the service including Caboolture, Redcliffe and the Oral Health Centre, are changing lives \u2013 and delivering care where it matters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":2029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coh-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2012"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2061,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012\/revisions\/2061"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}