{"id":2677,"date":"2021-01-11T14:13:41","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T04:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/?p=2677"},"modified":"2021-10-05T15:55:50","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T05:55:50","slug":"coh-news-in-brief-jan-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/newsletters\/coh-express\/2021\/01\/coh-news-in-brief-jan-2021","title":{"rendered":"News in brief"},"content":{"rendered":"

Words from our frontline staff<\/h2>\n

Brielle Bogle, Assessing and Testing Guests, Hotel Quarantine Testing Team<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is quite daunting for guests and very important for them to be here \u2013 but I enjoy being able to be supportive and acknowledge their experience while making it a positive experience for them.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Jessica Donnelly, Assessing and Testing Guests, Hotel Quarantine Testing Team<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI am trying to make it a pleasant experience as possible for our guests, for kids and their families.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Smarter<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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\"MartinoHappy 100th birthday Martino!<\/h2>\n

It was an extremely special day when we joined Martino for his 100th birthday with his daughter Neva and the crew at Gannet House.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Happy 100th Martino, what a magnificent milestone!<\/p>\n

Martino shared some of his great experiences including his work as a mechanic in Brisbane and Morse Code operator during World War II.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Continuing to celebrate our fabulous nurses!<\/h2>\n

We decided that we will continue to share some great images of some of our most treasured staff – our nurses!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Community and Oral Health Facts<\/h2>\n

Close to 33,000 adolescents and children visit our school dental clinics and mobile dental vans each year.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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\"CommunityOur excellent winners<\/h2>\n

Congratulations to the Community Palliative Care team who took out a well deserved winners gong at the recent Metro North Staff Excellence Awards.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Great work and well deserved during a very trying and difficult year with COVID-19 restrictions.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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AIDS awareness top of mind<\/h2>\n

Our indigenous sexual health team based at Aspley Community Health Centre did a roadshow tour around Community and Oral Health services to promote public awareness around HIV\/AIDS \u2013 for the 2020 December World Aids Day.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is important we continue the conversation about HIV prevention and the importance of regular testing for HIV.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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\"MetroChef<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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