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Festive Season Closure Christmas 2016
Happy New Year to all patients and referring Doctors. Our office is closed from Thursday 22nd December 2016 Our first appointments are on 16th January 2017. Bookings can be made on Friday the 13th January 2017 (9am- 1 pm). Our fax, email (office@snyman.com.au) and telephone messages will be checked during this time. For patients with post operative urgent […]
Younger Fellows Forum (YFF)
I recently attended the YFF in May this year at Dunsborough in WA. This forum is an initiative of the RACS which trains all surgeons in Australia. Key discussions involved bullying, starting practice as well as education and training. A wide variety of specialties were represented from all states of Australia. We were lucky to be […]
Port Base Expansion Update
We have now been in the new theatre complex at Port Macquarie Base Hospital for 2 months. So far the new facility has been very impressive. The highlight will be the Tegris smart theatre system from Maquet which will allow multimedia routing between theatres and all the previous systems. Orthopaedic surgery often uses live X-ray (called image […]
Australian Orthopaedic Association – Annual Scientific Meeting 2014
I attended the 74th annual Australian Orthopaedic Association (AOA) ASM last week in Melbourne. The AOA is our training and accreditation body, maintaining high standards of orthopaedic surgery in Australia. The ASM is an annual meeting which addresses technical advances and allows the presentation of new research. This year discussion was focussed on evidence based medicine in […]
Port Base Expansion
We are all very excited about our new Public Hospital expansion. We will have a new theatre complex and surgical ward as well as many other improvements. Hopefully we will move in June.
Online Hospital Admission Form
Ramsay Health Care provides an online admission portal for Port Macquarie Private Hospital.