Helen Harvey05:00, May 07 2021
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Derek Dowman, 5, was born nine weeks early and spent seven weeks in the neo natal unit at Taranaki Base Hospital.
Derek Dowman was reunited with nurses who helped looked after him as a premature baby when his grandparents donated a $57,000 Babyleo incubator. Derek, now a chatty 5-year-old, was one of the reasons why New Plymouth supermarket owners Rob and Denise Dowman donated the intensive care incubator, the gold standard of care for acutely sick newborn babies. Their grandson was born at 31 weeks and five days and spent about seven weeks in the Taranaki Base Hospital Neo Natal Unit, Rob Dowman said.
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Most of Taranaki DHB’s excellence awards relate to its response to the covid outbreak last year.
Taranaki District Health Board s response to Covid-19 last year was rewarded at its inaugural Employee Health Excellence Awards. The award winners were announced at the gala event, hosted by the Taranaki Health Foundation on the TSB Bowl of Brooklands stage on Saturday night. The MORE Award Person of the Year was won by Dr Jonathan Albrett for his leadership of the clinical upskilling programme that significantly prepared the TDHB’s workforce, both physically and mentally, when facing Covid-19. The Clinical Excellence award was won by the ‘’whole-of-hospital coordinated response’’, and the Covid-19 dashboard suite and reporting took the Innovative Systems & Processes award.
Taranaki DHB held its inaugural Employee Health Excellence Awards on Saturday night to recognise outstanding initiatives which will make a difference to the experience and health outcomes of Taranaki patients, their whānau and the wider community
“People have dug very deep at this special time of the year to help our tiniest patients have the best start to their early lives,” Taranaki Health Foundation general manager Bry Kopu-Scott said. ‘’We know this year has been very challenging for businesses and families around the maunga, so please accept our sincerest thanks for taking time to support this cause.’’ In many cases, those who donated had received care in the past from the neonatal unit staff.
Taranaki business donors: McKechnies Aluminum Solutions ($20,000); PipeTech ($10,000) Jones & Sandford and Mitre 10 Mega ($5000); Waterworks NZ ($5000); Clelands\ Construction ($1000); Liquigas ($1000); Z Energy Petrol Stations ($500); Wai Comply (first business to donate, $500);