St Vincent's Lismore, 20 Dalley Street, Lismore (2025)

11/09/2025

Today we got around R U OK? Day here at St Vincent's. It's all about checking in with your friends and loved ones in meaningful ways.

Thanks to our amazing barbeque operators, and to the staff for getting behind it to make this our most successful fundraiser yet!
Funds raised from our staff BBQ are donated to the Rodney Briggs Foundation - created in 1998 by St Vincent's to provide financial support to staff in times of hardship. We echo the R U OK? message to ask R U OK? any day, because life happens every day.

Stay connected everyone!

06/09/2025

2nd time's a charm...To all of the legendary women in our lives, this week we celebrated Women's Health Week with the theme 'Say Yes to You' . From prioritising regular check-ups, to looking after mental wellbeing, we encourage all women to be pro-active in caring for yourself.

Jean Hailes for Women's Health Week (1-5 September 2025) is Australia’s largest event dedicated to the health and wellbeing of all women, girls and gender-diverse people.
https://www.jeanhailes.org.au/womens-health-week

A few pics of some amazing women rocking it every day at St Vincent's Lismore.
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04/09/2025

Flowers and giant cheques were the order at the St Vincent's Hospital Winter Ball last week! A fantastic opportunity to recognise and reward our excellent staff in various categories culminating in the 'Campus Employee of the Year Award' going to the amazing Katie Eggins, our delightful discharge planner. Our team were resplendent in their suits and frocks, not a set of scrubs or PPE mask to be found in the Lismore Workers Clubs . Congratulations to all of our deserved winners for a year of going above and beyond! 🏆🥳🏆

29/08/2025

Innovate, then celebrate! It might be a day or two until our first knee replacement patient is dancing about it, but this week marks a milestone for the hospital in our orthopaedic surgery service with the launch of the CORI Robotic Surgical System in our operating theatre. First cases through courtesy of Dr Shane Prodger, (supported by Dr John Roe) who has trained in this new technology, and now brings the capability to St Vincent's Hospital.
From Smith + Nephew: The earliest knee replacement procedures were performed in 1968 and relied on manual guides and procedures to remove damaged bone and place the implant within the joint.
Over time, surgical rods were introduced to determine the correct anatomic alignment between the knee and hip, provide an attachment point for positioning the surgical cutting guides. More recently, pre-surgery improvements like computerised tomography (CT) scans and magnetic resonance images (MRIs) are now used to help create computer-generated surgical plans for each patient
Enter robotics-assisted surgery: combining the advantages of traditional methods with innovations while minimising the drawbacks to patients.
The CORI Surgical System uses handheld robotics-assisted technology that helps plan and perform each unique procedure. This robotics-assisted approach is efficient, more accurate and balanced than traditional knee surgery.
Info from Smith+Nephew https://www.smith-nephew.com/en/health-care-professionals/products/orthopaedics/cori
Here are some pics of Dr Prodger in the operating theatre this week.
Shane Prodger is an Orthopaedic Specialist practicing at St Vincent's Lismore.
https://www.svh.org.au/specialist/shane-prodger/

21/08/2025

'Cancer treatment is a very important part of the care we provide here at St Vincent’s Hospital’ ~ Garth Brown, Nursing Unit Manager, Oncology.

St Vincent’s Hospital supports Daffodil Day and encourages everyone to make a donation towards important cancer research to improve outcomes for cancer patients and their families.

20/08/2025

Today, August 20th, we celebrate Thank an Orderly Day! 🏥👏

Orderlies are the unsung heroes of healthcare—helping transport patients, supporting staff, and ensuring hospitals run smoothly every day.

To all the dedicated orderlies out there: thank you for everything you do! 💙

13/08/2025

Celebrating our Employee of the Month for July - Zanda Roberson 🎉

Zanda has been working in the housekeeping department here at St Vincent’s for 16 years and is a much loved member of the hospital community but staff and patients alike.

The recent comments in her nomination for employee of the month were themed around going the extra mile which has been a recurring message in our patient feedback also. Little things like making sure the heaters are on in the rooms before the staff arrive or getting that extra vase when another bouquet of flowers arrive for a patient.

Zanda is dedicated to making the hospital environment more enjoyable for everyone.

Go Housekeeping!!

07/08/2025

There's a special kind of person needed in providing care for our elder loved ones and we are proud that we have many of them working their magic in our St Joseph's Lismore and Mary's Grange nursing homes.

Today is Aged Care Employee Recognition Day nationally, so on behalf of their families and the community, we tip our hats and say thank you to all of our wonderful staff!

31/07/2025

Lionel Frame has been a patient on and off at the St Vincent’s Oncology Unit for quite a number of years now and following an initial diagnosis of bladder cancer 10 years ago.

More recently Lionel has been diagnosed with Lymphoma and has been attending the Oncology Unit here for weekly for treatment.

Lionel is a very gentle man, in the true sense, with an unimposing presence in the ward. He says what hes loves most is the feeling of the ward being one big family.

"I treat people the way I’d like to be treated, and that’s how they treat you in here. They treat you more like a friend than a patient. It feels like a home away from home’

Lionel shared with us that he’s taking this new diagnosis one day at a time and was happy to share his story with anyone who might like to know what it's like to be a patient at St Vincent's Lismore.

29/07/2025

Great opportunity to join St Vincent’s Pastoral Care team 👏

What is Pastoral Care you might ask?

Pastoral Care is one of the services we offer here at St Vincent’s that involves emotional and spiritual support for patients and their families during challenging times in our hospital or aged care. The fundamental elements of Pastoral Care involve listening with compassion, and fostering a sense of connection and presence.

Pastoral Carers are available every weekday on call as required, and are not limited to any faith or belief setting.

If you’d like to volunteer to be a part of our Pastoral Care team, please get in touch with us here 👉🏻 https://www.svh.org.au/services/pastoral-care/

24/07/2025

Patient Testimonial, St Vincent’s Lismore

Introducing Bev.

Bev has had poor circulation for most of her life in what she cheekily calls having ‘cold feet’. She came in for surgery in early May initially for some stents to support the circulation issue however after this wasn’t successful there was no other choice but to amputate her lower leg.

Despite this huge procedure which would be very challenging for anyone to experience, Bev is incredibly playful and light with it all.

When asked about her stay at St Vincent’s Bev had this to share…

“The hospital is such a happy place. The staff are amazing, they’ve been very encouraging and have been amazed at my attitude but it’s been very much a two way street.

I’ve had to call on the nurses regularly and nothings a trouble.

I’ve been in so many different rooms since being here and I’ve alway had a beautiful view to look out at and earlier this month I had a birthday party where some of my friends from Noosa came down and decorated my room, bringing food and bubbles to celebrate. It was lovely.” ~ Bev

Bev will be with us until she is ready to return home. This post has been written and shared with her permission.

22/07/2025

Did you know that 3.6 million Australians live with chronic pain?*

This week St Vincent’s Lismore would like to acknowledge National Pain Week and give a shout out to for their tireless work in raising awareness around chronic pain and its treatment. We’d also like to celebrate all the incredible doctors and health practitioners out there that support the many Australians that suffer from chronic pain.

We are blessed to have two Pain Management Specialists, Dr Timothy Scholz and Dr Charles Chou, who practice out of our consulting suites in Ballina. Yes, you read correctly… we have consulting suites in Ballina where patients can see their refered to specialists. Check it out here 👉🏻 https://www.svh.org.au/for-doctors/ballina-suites/

You can find more information about our pain management specialists on our website 👉🏻 https://www.svh.org.au/services/pain-interventions/

Alternatively you can visit the Chronic Pain Australia wesite here for more general information about pain management 👉🏻https://chronicpainaustralia.org.au/

*Sourced from the Chronic Pain Australia

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