News & Events: Media Releases

Media Releases

Kareena Ezi Access for GPs & Their Patients
Announcing that from 1 April a dedicated Ezi Access phone number will be available to GPs in the Sutherland Shire & surrounding areas.

Kareena Private Volunteers receive recognition for their outstanding community work

Two of Kareena’s dedicated team of volunteers who provide support for our patients their loved ones and staff have been awarded and nominated for their services to the community.

Kareena gets the green light for the green light laser

Kareena Private has performed its first GreenLight laser prostatectomy on the 12th February.

Kareena supports Christmas giving at Miranda Aged Care

22 December 2009
Kareena annually selects a local nursing home and arrange a Christmas Giving Tree to collect gifts for residents of the nursing home.

Kareena wins National APHA Award

Kareena Private Hospital in Sutherland Shire has taken out the Peak Private Hospital Industry Award for Community Involvement at the 2009 Australian Private Hospitals Association (APHA) Awards held in Melbourne this week.

Kareena Private Hospital, Ward Clerk - Sharon Hamill – participates in World Masters Games

The World Masters Games were held in Sydney 10-18 October 2009. There were 28000 participants entered in numerous events at various venues across the city and the world’s largest sporting event held to date.

Nationwide survey shows Kareena Private Hospital has the healthiest workforce

1 July 2008
A recent health and culture survey conducted by private health insurer ahm (Australian Health Management) has revealed that Kareena Private Hospital staff are the healthiest workforce surveyed across a range of industries, to date.

Special Care - Special Person

For some people relaxing on a tropical beach is their idea of a great holiday – for others it’s skiing in an exotic location, but for Jo Mahoney, Special Care Clinical Nurse Specialist at Kareena Private Hospital in South Sydney, her idea of a holiday is to volunteer in the Papua New Guinea Highlands as part of a Rotary International Miranda Branch project.

New Special Care Nursery at Kareena Private

9 February 2007
A newly refurbished Special Care Nursery with state-of-the-art equipment, will be formally opened at Kareena Private Hospital on 13 February by Councillor Kent Jones and Dr Simon Clarke, Director of Adolescent Services, Westmead Hospital.

1300 Years of Nursing Expertise at Kareena

28 September 2006
More than 80 staff of Kareena Private Hospital have clocked up a total of over 1300 years of combined service to the Hospital in September 2006.

Kareena Leads the Way in Cardiovascular Technology

27 September 2006
In an Australian first, Kareena Private Hospital has recently installed the latest cardiovascular imaging and interventional system from Toshiba, which provides Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA).