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 April 13th 2022 | | | April is Maternal and Child Health month |
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| OUR MEETING NEXT WEDNESDAY |
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| Meeting at | | Bucatini | Program | to be advised | For Meeting Information, Club Website and Facebook links, and contact info: |
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Cath Lab at CWM Suva Our Latest MIMs Project | Peter’s presentation was long overdue. It has been about a month since Col Read, Graeme Moorfoort and Peter Koens returned to Australia from Fiji, where they were members of the five-man MIMs (Medical Imaging Machines) team that replaced a Cath Lab at the Colonial War Memorial ( CWM) Hospital in Suva. The team. From left: Warren Bond, John Battenally, Col Read, Peter Koens and Graeme Moorfoort | Peter began his presentation with a short anecdote:
He had hopped into a taxi at CWM hospital to return to his hotel. The Taxi driver was friendly chatty and very, very happy – and not just because he had a fare!
He told Peter that his brother had (just today) had a pacemaker installed thanks to this wonderful new machine they had at CWM hospital. Tomorrow he would walk out of Hospital and would return to work within a week. | In the first 4 days of operation of the new cath lab at CWM Hospital - 6 people had stents implanted in their coronary arteries and
- 1 patient had a pace maker implant.
7 people received a new lease on life in just the first 4 days! The impact this lab would have on the lives of the individual and the family would be immeasurable. The severe illness and/or death of a breadwinner would inevitably result in extreme intergenerational poverty, loss of educational opportunities etc. etc. | Cardiovascular disease in Fiji - Fiji has the highest death rate from coronary heart disease in the southern hemisphere (World Health Rankings)
- The Fijian death rate from coronary heart disease is almost double that of nearby countries Samoa and Tonga.
- The waiting list for cath lab procedures at CWM in Suva is currently around 1500 patients!
| Before stent After stent |
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from Russell Warmington Community Raffle Remember to keep selling the Community Raffle tickets. It is an excellent fundraiser as we get the full $2.00 per ticket for the club that we can use to help finance the club's projects. Please return the sold ticket butts and money to - Russell Warmington or
- Neil Ibbott as soon as you can.
Don't leave them at home to get mislaid. |
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| Saturday April 23rd | | Whitehorse Rotaract Giant Monopoly Night | ...fun filled night with lots of mini games as well as the Giant Monopoly. There will also be a silent auction and a raffle. All of the profits will go towards Days For Girls. |  | When: Saturday April 23rd Time: 6pm Where: Box Hill Town Hall |
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| BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES |  | CELEBRATE next month's BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES |  | | | | |
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| MAGAZINE LINKS | Rotary Districts and Rotary Special interest Groups provide a wide range of informative and engaging on-line magazines and journals. Access some of them from the links provided.. |
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| COLLECTIONS | Club members collect a wide variety of items to provide resources in cash or kind for organisations we support. |
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