Meet the new head of St Vincent’s Private Hospital Werribee.
Suzanne Hall, a registered nurse, has taken the reins from Christine Flett as chief executive and director of nursing, following an extensive career in the healthcare sector.
Ms Hall started her career as a general intensive care and paediatrics nurse in Liverpool.
She moved to Australia in 1990 and has held roles at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Eastern Health, Warringal Private Hospital and Epworth Freemasons before joining St Vincent’s Private at the end of May.
Since opening at the end of January, the hospital has treated 1000 patients and delivered 22 babies, with the bulk of patients coming from Wyndham.
A number of locals have also signed on as volunteers for the hospital.
Meanwhile, a rehabiliation service with six beds will open this month, and rooms at the hospital’s consulting suites are filling up fast.
Ms Hall said she jumped at the chance to run Wyndham’s first private hospital and offer healthcare previously not available in the area.
“I love the opportunity of building healthcare and connections with the doctors in the area. There’s lot of excellent doctors in the area out west, there’s lots of patients that have been travelling into the city, into city private hospitals, to have their healthcare delivered.
“Being able to offer all of those cardiology services, general surgery, orthopaedic surgery, gynaecology, oncology, paediatric services, general medicine – all of the things that you know the community needs to help them keep well, without having to go into the city … and building the services, building the teams, to be able to provide that [is exciting].”
