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NEWS FROM THE Advancing Healthcare, Saving Lives
OCTOBER 2020
ICU nursing staff (L-R): Princy Francis,
Dennis Flores, Allyn Ignacio, Yeshi
Dolma, Shindy Fu, Danny Yoo
Intensive Care Specialist Andrew McKee:
Thank you for sharing the love
As an Intensive Care Specialist, to be ready for whatever messages received through
I am proud of everyone in may develop. We know this Auckland Health Foundation’s
our Intensive Care Unit (ICU), unpredictable pandemic is going #LoveYourHealthWorker
and the work we’ve done to to be a long haul. campaign.
prepare for every possible
Our nurses have been People and organisations also
COVID-19 scenario.
exceptional, putting aside gave money and goods totaling
The pandemic is like nothing concerns about their own safety $130,000 to help our COVID-19
we’ve seen before, so our and, in some cases, leaving their response.
nurses had to train to deliver families behind to ensure our
Thank you so much. Together,
intensive care in a completely patients receive the best care.
we will continue to save lives.
different way.
They are so grateful for your
By March, the team’s preparation ongoing support. During
meant we felt confident to Alert Level 4, it always
care for patients requiring made the team’s day to
intensive care, and we continue read some of the 2,600
Auckland Health Foundation 1
“Many are not just Your donations
supporting themselves
and their families, but also are helping
members of their extended
whānau. Most are shy to
our hospitals
put up their hand for help.
They are very grateful that
achieve
you are thinking of them.” incredible things
Rae Piniata, Supervisor,
As we approach our 2nd
Orderly Services,
birthday, we’re so grateful for
Manaaki Fund Champion
everyone’s gifts over the past
year, helping our health workers
do even more to keep NZ
healthy and happy. THANK YOU!
$560,300
to fund world-leading
simulation in our
hospitals
Coming together to get
$410,200
to support our hospitals’
through COVID
greatest needs,
including COVID-19
The Manaaki Fund was set
up to help Auckland DHB
health workers who have
Auckland DHB Chief Executive
Ailsa Claire says: “Together,
we can help to ensure no
$377,500
towards training and
been financially impacted family in our DHB goes
education, including
by COVID-19, so we’ve been without the necessities. We
nursing scholarships
appealing to our supporters are grateful to everyone who
to lend a helping hand to has contributed so far.”
hospital staff doing the hard
yards through this pandemic. Thank you for helping to ease
the pressure on our incredible
$99,500
Thanks to generous donations health workers and their to help to refurbish our
from the public and our whānau in this time of need. whānau rooms
hospital whānau, we’ve
already contributed $40,000
to the Manaaki Fund, which
has provided immediate relief
Manaaki (v.)
$457,300
– including supermarket and to fund life-saving
petrol vouchers – for health
workers who need it most.
to respect, and life-changing
research
nurture and
$550,000
ontributions have also
C
funded the opening of a
support centre at the hospital,
care for
connecting staff to information each other to help patients in
and external services, to specific hospital
provide longer term help for departments/wards
these families.
2 News from The Foundation
Lasting legacy to give dialysis patients
more freedom
Pat Massey was well known to
the Dialysis Team at Auckland Pat’s son, Simon Massey, says
City Hospital. In 2012, six the care his mum received
years after suffering kidney from the Dialysis Team meant
failure, Pat started ongoing she enjoyed many years
dialysis treatment, which she of joy. “From watching her
described as “like having a part grandchildren grow and
time job”. graduate from universities,
to watching them marry, and
Dialysis patients spend hours
seeing great-grandchildren be
and hours every week hooked
born; she was able to watch
up to machines to do the job
her fourth generation family
their kidneys can no longer do
expand.”
for them. Patients are dependent
on the treatment to survive, Sadly Pat passed away last year, for others. “Mum wanted to help
which means they can never be but not without remembering the dialysis patients become freer
far from a dialysis machine. Dialysis Team who took care of to see family and travel, so she
her. Pat left a generous legacy kindly left a gift to the Dialysis
Pat used her time on dialysis Team. She wished to help kick-
to help seed fund a project to
constructively; she was a start a project, which we hope to
give more freedom to dialysis
prolific knitter and many in the see benefit all future patients.”
patients.
Dialysis Team have dressed
their children and grandchildren Simon and his brother Phil Simon adds, “We’ll never forget
in clothes Pat knitted for them. recently met at the dialysis unit the Dialysis Team; they are a
Pat became part of the family to discuss how Pat’s legacy second family to us all.”
and would make sure a good could be used to ensure an The team is humbled by Pat’s
morning tea of donuts was enduring memory of their mum, generosity and grateful to her
regularly available for the team. and leave a lasting impression family for making this happen.
Stroke patients set to receive
even better care, thanks to you
When the Stroke Centre of heartened that our supporters
Excellence opens at Auckland are helping thousands of
City Hospital in November, people have the best chance of
patients will have access to recovery. Through everyone’s
additional state-of-the-art efforts, more than $188,000 has
rehabilitation equipment, been raised or pledged so far,
which wouldn’t be possible which is close to our target!
without our supporters.
These funds are purchasing Artist impressions of the new
Thanks to our donors’ equipment proven to Stroke Centre of Excellence
generosity, the environment accelerate patient healing, and
will be more engaging creating spaces to improve
and empowering; offering people’s physical and mental
24/7 access to high quality health. We can assure that
rehabilitation activity. every dollar donated is spent
directly on enhancing the
The effects of a stroke can
Stroke Centre; helping patients
be devastating, so we’re
recover to their full potential.
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COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING NEWS
Long lunch Unique art project
reaps huge makes hospital brighter
reward We’re honoured to receive Felicia wanted
Before Auckland’s second an incredible donation of the project to
lockdown, we were delighted $49,113 towards art for our benefit those in our
when Paul Harvey raised over hospitals, but it’s no ordinary community facing
$7,500 at his latest fundraising donation. COVID-19. We know staff,
lunch at Chapel Bar & Bistro. patients and visitors will be
It follows an auction at Webb’s
grateful for new artwork
All money raised will fund of ‘Project Fear’ – a creative
to brighten our hospitals.
additional rehab equipment at partnership between artist
The pieces will include
Auckland City Hospital’s Centre John Reynolds and 14-year-
landscapes, seascapes and
of Excellence for Stroke. old Felicia Qin. Felicia is a St
colourful abstracts by New
Cuthbert’s College student
More than 9,000 people suffer Zealand artists.
who, on top of her lockdown
a stroke each year in New studies, developed this There are many ways to help
Zealand. Since Paul’s stroke he COVID-19 inspired art project. our hospital staff and patients,
has committed himself to helping so please get in touch if
other stroke sufferers, and It was Felicia’s idea to auction
you have any ideas. We are
saying thank you for the care he the art works and donate all
grateful to Felicia, John and
received in our rehab ward. the proceeds to the hospital’s
everyone who contributed to
art fund.
this extraordinary project.
We extend huge thanks to
Paul’s generous sponsors and
guests for this wonderful result. This year
Special thanks to organisers continues to
Kara Barnston-Yelavich (left) and challenge us
Megan Paddy (right) for all their all, so it’s extra
hard work. important to look
after ourselves.
Sponsors: Kara Barnston Real Estate, Archibald
and Shorter, Danske Mobler, Bailey Nelson,
Action for
Homebase Stage Style & Interiors, Little Happiness has
French Pastry, Babich Wines, SABATINI,
Living Nature, Vivo Hair & Beauty, Auckland
some useful tips
Fish Market & Seafood School, Guylian, to help us cope in
EuroVintage, The HUE clinic, Gibbston Valley, these tough times.
IT Trends Ltd, The Cosmetic Clinic, Ripe Deli,
Sal’s Authentic NY Pizza, mal corboy design,
NZ Advice Group, Escape Masters & Holey The calendar is on our website: aucklandhealthfoundation.org.nz
Moley Golf Club
09 307 6046
hello@aucklandhealthfoundation.org.nz
www.aucklandhealthfoundation.org.nz Advancing Healthcare, Saving Lives
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