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From the menu... To close-out Healthy Weight Week!, our talented Executive Chef, John O'Shea, has shared a recipe from the menu at Gold Coast Private. Our menus have been carefully designed to offer variety and balance through nutritious and interesting meals that defy the age-old perception of "hospital food". Give this one a try at home and see for yourself! Herb Crusted Hoki INGREDIENTS: • 6 hoki fillets 120g portions • 2.5cm piece fresh ginger • 1 clove fresh garlic • ½ fresh green chili • 6 stem fresh coriander • 2.5cm piece fresh lemon grass • 1 cup Jasmine rice • 150mL coconut cream - for rice • 1 cup water • 1 cup carrot • 50mL coconut cream - for carrot puree • 2 Cobs corn • ¼ Spanish onion • 2 sprigs coriander • Knob of butter • 1 lime wedge to serve METHOD: • Place hoki fillets into steamer basket • Roughly chop ginger, garlic, chilli, coriander and lemongrass in high powered food processor. • Steam for 10 minutes • Place rice, water and coconut cream into baking dish. Cover and steam for 20 minutes. Remove from steamer and fluff with fork. • Remove corn from cob. Melt butter in pan, add corn and simmer for 10 minutes. Dice spanish onion and coriander and fold through. Season with salt and pepper. • Roughly chop carrot and place in a pot with coconut cream. Simmer with lid on for 15 minutes or until soft. Blend for one minute using a stick mixer or high powered blender. Season to taste.
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It may be Saturday but our nurses are still hard at work! Today, our theatre recovery, anaesthetic and paediatric nurses attended an education training workshop on post anaesthetic paediatric emergencies designed to teach technical paediatric resuscitation skills and improve team function. A big thank you to Paediatric Specialist Anaethetist Dr Nick Hogan who presented the workshop.
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To celebrate Healthy Weight Week!, our fabulous dietitian, Fiona Brown, has shared some of her tips to help us live a healthy lifestyle. • EAT REGULARLY It’s essential for good health that we aim for a regular eating pattern of meals and snacks. A planned pattern of eating is more likely to include the recommended number of serves from the five food groups. A spontaneous, unstructured eating pattern is more likely to include too many foods that are higher in saturated fat, added sugars, added salt and calories. • EVERYTHING IN MODERATION This is the key to healthy eating. Rather than depriving yourself of your favourite foods, why not allow yourself to eat (and enjoy) your treats, in moderation. • DON'T SKIP BREAKFAST Following on from the first point, breakfast skippers are more likely to be tempted by unplanned food choices during the morning and large serves at the next meal or snack. Just think of how yummy that large piece of banana bread looks at morning tea or that block of chocolate looks after dinner if you’ve missed breakfast! • EAT A VARIETY OF DELICIOUS FOOD It is essential we eat a wide range of different coloured fruits and vegetables, wholegrain breads and cereals along with different sources of protein, for example, red meat, chicken, fish, eggs, dairy, legumes and nuts. This will provide our bodies with a variety of nutrients, vitamins and minerals, keeping us healthy and energetic. • DRINK PLENTY OF WATER This is something so simple and easy to obtain however it is so often forgotten. If your body is lacking water then it cannot work as efficiently as it should. The body requires water to survive and muscles, in particular, need water to rebuild and replenish. Your body will find it difficult to burn fat for energy if it’s lacking water so drink up! • DO SOME EXERCISE The benefits to exercise are endless including: better weight control, healthier heart, lower risk of developing diabetes and osteoporosis, lower risk of developing some cancers, better mental health, a sharper mind…..just to name a few! Aim for 30-60 minutes a day of physical activity most days of the week. Remember to start slowly and gradually build up to a higher intensity. Most importantly, exercise for fun and enjoyment and not punishment, find something you enjoy or exercise with a friend.
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"The thing I like most about performing surgery with the robot is seeing the patients the next day. They look great. They look pain free. They look like they haven't had an operation at all." Gold Coast Private urologist Chris Tracey telling Chris Parsons about working with the latest robotic technology - the only of its kind on the Gold Coast. Keep your eyes out for the video about Dr Tracey and how he uses these cutting-edge tools to benefit his patients.
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Our fantastic executive chef, John O'Shea proving he's a "triple threat" - he can cook, clean and create amazing celebration dinners for our new mums in maternity!
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Our salsa-ing nurse Iuliia has returned from the World Latin Dance Championships in the USA where she and partner Jai won the Salsa and Cha-Cha in the semi-professional categories, and took out third place in the professional Cha-Cha competition! What an achievement! We hope you had a fantastic trip...but we're also happy to have your smiling face back in Ward 7 :)
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For those of you who haven't yet had the pleasure of meeting our maternity manager, Judy Ross, here's a little taste of the loving, caring person she is. We are lucky to have you Judy...and so are our Gold Coast Private Mums.
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We love receiving messages like this and passing them on to our hardworking team...
9 News Gold Coast
Patients now have better access to safer spinal surgery after the only laterally placed total disc replacement was added to the privately rebatable prosthesis list in Australia. The Extreme Lateral Total Disc Replacement (XL-TDR) enables surgeons to enter through the side of the body, negating the need for an anterior approach where vital organs and blood vessels need to be moved to expose the disc. Gold Coast Private Hospital spinal surgeon Neil Cleaver has more experience with XL-TDR than any other surgeon in the country. He is the only doctor offering this prosthesis in Queensland, and one of only two in Australia. Check out the 9 News Gold Coast exclusive...
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At Gold Coast Private, patients are encouraged to nominate a staff member that have provided outstanding care or service during their stay. This can be any staff member, whether they are from our nursing team, catering team, housekeeping, a doctor or allied health provider. Participation is high, and we receive over 100 nominations a month! All nominees are presented a certificate and the winners are given a voucher, donated by Bupa Australia, and invited to a quarterly morning tea catered for by our fabulous chefs. We thought we'd share some of the lovely nomination letters we receive...
Gold Coast Medical: Wed 11 Jan, season 1 episode 10
Two of our leading doctors, orthopaedic surgeon Randy Bindra and plastic and reconstructive surgeon Raja Sawhney, were featured on last night's episode of the Channel Seven hit show, Gold Coast Medical. The expert team performed life changing surgery on a father-of-two at the Gold Coast University Hospital, to restore function to his hand after an accident 12 years ago. Professor Bindra and Dr Sawhney team-up regularly at Gold Coast Private, each focusing on their area of expertise to create the best possible outcomes for patients. If you missed the episode, you can see the feel-good story here (starting at about the 19-minute mark)... https://au.tv.yahoo.com/shows/gold-coast-medical/video/watch/33797972/gold-coast-medical-wed-11-jan-season-1-episode-10/#page1
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Gold Coast Private would like to congratulate Assoc Prof Ezekiel Tan who was recently awarded the Australian Hand Surgery Society Travelling Fellowship by the Board of the Australian Hand Surgery Society. The prestigious fellowship, which is awarded bi-annually to one hand surgeon in the country, gives Assoc Prof Tan the opportunity to work with renowned hand surgeons from across the World. http://www.goldcoastprivate.com.au/
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