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Media Releases

St George Private Hospital Opens New Wing

1 March 2010
The Hon Robert McLelland, Federal Attorney General, will officially open two new floors of St George Private Hospital today.

Quality after hours GP care for patients

WINTER 2008
The After Hours GP service located at St George Private Hospital has been providing quality services to people in the St George area for over 10 years.

Walking Challenge unites businesses and raises awareness of Heart Health

JUNE 2008
This year St George Privates Healthy Heart for a Healthy Life Campaign united staff from three key organisations in the St George area in the quest for the honour of winning the St George Challenge Cup.

Tracey Burton on the BOARD of New Medical Research Foundation

JUNE 2008
St George Private Hospital CEO Tracey Burton has been appointed to the Board of a newly established charity, the St George Medical Research Foundation – which will raise funds to support medical research in the St George area.

Sharing The Love With Cambodian Kids

14 FEBRUARY 2008
Geraldine Cox, “Big Mum” from Sunrise Children’s Villages in Cambodia paid a visit to St George Private Hospital on Valentine’s Day to thank CEO Tracey Burton and staff for “sharing the love” and helping the 200 orphans she cares for in Cambodia.

Rotary Helps Patients & Families

19 FEBRUARY 2008
Patients and their families can now recover and relax in comfort and tranquility thanks to the Rotary Club of St George Central.

Focus On Breast Cancer Awareness

OCTOBER 2007
The focus on Breast Cancer awareness during October went into the public arena this year as St George Private ran their first “Keep abreast of Breast Cancer” awareness week from 22-26 October.

St George Helps Out St Johns

SEPTEMBER 2007
Sandra Grove, Divisional Superintendent of the St George Division of St John Ambulance (left) accepts a cheque from St George Private Hospital CEO Tracey Burton.

A new look & a new beginning for St George Private Maternity

JUNE 2007
Mrs Gail Kelly, CEO of St George Bank was the special guest on hand to open the newly refurbished Maternity Unit at St George Private Hospital in May.

New Special Care Nursery at St George Private

JUNE 2007
St George Private Hospital opened its new Special Care Nursery in February.

Healthy Heart For a Healthy Life Campaign

MAY 2007
Following on from the success of the “Healthy Heart for a Health Life” campaign piloted in September 2006, St George and Kareena Private Hospitals ran their second Heart Week during National Heart Week in May

Walking Challenge St George Private VS Kogarah Council

MAY 2007
150 St George Private staff wore pedometers for 4 weeks and challenged each other AND staff from their Local Council (Kogarah) to the first 10,000 Steps Challenge event at the hospital.

Orthopaedic Outreach to the South Pacific

NOVEMBER 2006
The OrthopaedicTeam at St George Private Hospital have been helping heal the wounds, broken bones and sharing their expertise with communities in the South Pacific Islands for the last 11 years with Kogarah-based charity Orthopaedic Outreach.

First organ donation handled with care at St George Private

NOVEMBER 2006
Recently the family of a patient thanked the team at St George Private Hospital for their sensitivity and compassion for enabling them to donate their mother’s organs when it was clear that she would not recover from her critical condition.