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GOVE DISTRICT HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT BOARD
ANNUAL REPORT
1990/91
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Facsimile: 872421 Telephone: 870211 In reply quote:
EA 86/0232
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L<\ September 1991
Hon Daryl Manzie MLA
All Corresporrlence to:
Chai.Iman Gove District Hospital Management Board PO Bax 421 NHULUNBUY NI' 0881
Minister for Health & Corrununity Services GPO Box 3146
DARWIN NI' 0801
Dear Minister
I have pleasure in furnishing you with the Board's Report for 1990/91 year in accordance with Section 25 of the Hospital Management Board's Act 1980.
Yours sincerely
Ted Hobson Chairman
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TERRn'ORY HEALTH SERVICES
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GOVE DISTRICT HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT BOARD ANNUAL REPORT 1990/1991
TO THE HONOURABLE
MINISTER FOR HEALTH & COMMUNITY SERVICES
HHULUHBUY Septem>er 1991
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1. MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOARD
In accordance with Section 25 (1) of the Hospital Management Boards Act, I submit the Board's Annual Report on its and the hospital's activities for the financial year ended 30th June 1991.
Composition of the Board as at 30th June 1991:
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Mr Ted Hobson Mr Rob Gelok
Chairman (Regional Director) Deputy Chairman
Mr Gatjil Djerrkura Mrs Denyse Simmons Ms Lak Lak Yunupingu Dr Graeme Schreuder Mrs Pam Charles Member
Member Member Member
Director Medical Services Director of Nursing
Vacant pending appointment The Director Management Services, Mr Trevor Webb, or delegate, is Secretary to the Board.
New Appointments and Resignations
Changes in the composition of the Board during the year are as follows:
Dr Stephen Meredith - resigned 9 January 1991 due to departure from Nhulunbuy.
Bernadus Van der Zon - appointment expired 28 August 1990, did not seek re-appointment.
Mr Rob Gelok, Mrs Denyse Simmons and Ms Lak Lak Yunupingu were appointed by the Minister for Health & Community Services on 27 February 1991 to fill vacancies on the Board.
Attendance at Board Meetings
There were eight monthly meetings and attendance was as follows:
Mr Rob Gelok
Mr Gatjil Djerrkura Mrs Denyse Simmons Ms Lak Lak Yunupingu Mr Ben Van der Zon Dr Stephen Meredith Regional Director
Director Medical Services Director of Nursing
Attended
3 4 3 2 4 2 7 8 8
Eligible to Attend 4 8 4 4 4 4 8 8 8
2. BOARD MEETINGS
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Board Meetings (Numbers 106 to 113) were held in accordance with Section 18 of the Act.
The September 1990 meeting did not take place due to a number of members being absent from Nhulunbuy and a Quorum was not
available.
The December 1990 and the January and February 1991 meetings did not take place due to a lack of Quorum pending appointment of new members.
GENERAL BUSINESS
During the year ended 30 June 1991, the Board dealt with the following items of business:
Hospital Services
Specialists Visits
Medical Evacuations and Inter-hospital transfers to Royal Darwin Hospital
Charges for Physiotherapist for Workers' Compensation Hospital Information Systems (HIS)
Hospital Security Management Board
Hospital Inspection
Board Membership Vacancies
Arnhem Courier Advertisement - New Board Members ID Cards for Board Members
Resignation of Dr Meredith Role of Board
Personnel
Appointment of Departmental Human Resources Manager Medical Officers Staffing/Recruitment
Appointment new Pharmacist
Nhulunbuy GP/Trainee Family Medicine Practitioner Equipment
Loss of Linen
•swap' of 2nd Ambulance for 4WD Ambulance from Jabiru Use of Ambulance for Transport of Deceased Persons Ambulance Call Outs for Yirrkala
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Reports
Hospital Statistics Financial Reports
Estimates Review Committee
CRESAP Consultants Review of Department of Health &
Community Services Miscellaneous
Role Delineation for Gove District Hospital Collection of Bodies
Closure of Nhulunbuy Aboriginal Hostel Nursing Summer School Meeting in Nhulunbuy QUARTERLY INSPECTIONS OF THE HOSPITAL COMPLEX
When the Board has its full complement the following areas are allocated to each individual member for separate
inspection.
1) Hospital Wards/Operating Theatres & CSD 2) Casualty/Out-patients Building
3) Stores/Maintenance
4) Laundry/Domestic Area/Catering
5) Staff Accommodation/Staff Facilities/Grounds
Mr Djerrkura inspected the Staff Accommodation and Staff Facilities on 20 August 1990.
YEARLY INSPECTION OF THE HOSPITAL COMPLEX IN THE PRESENCE OF THE DEPARTMENTAL HEAD
In accordance with Section 24 (3) of the Act, the Board accompanied by Mr Ray Norman, the Secretary for Health &
Community Services inspected the Hospital complex on 25 July 1990.
6. HOSPITAL STAFFING
(a) MEDICAL STAFF
Dr M King resigned as Director of Medical Services in December 1990. Dr I Ping acted in this position until appointment of Dr G Schreuder in February 1991.
Dr P Martin resigned in mid December 1990 and Dr W Frielingsdorf commenced in June 1991.
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Doctors J Ferris and A Cohen continued as Medical Officers during the year.
The Board noted the difficulty the Department has in recruiting suitably skilled Medical Officers to Gove District Hospital.
(b) PARAMEDICAL STAFF Pharmacy:
Laboratory:
Radiography:
Ms R Fenton-Smith resigned mid December 1990 and was replaced with Mr T Sullivan who commenced in December 1990.
Mr Gabe Schraven continues in this position.
Mrs Norma Arnold commenced on 9 October to replace Ms H Devon who resigned on 25 September 1990. The service was
maintained by Locum staffing in the interim.
Physiotherapy: Ms Ruth Hannon continued as Physiotherapist.
(c) NURSING STAFF
The high turn over of nursing staff continued at the Hospital
7 • HOSPITAL STATISTICS Activity
Number of authorised beds Average bed occupancy Average length of stay Number of live births Number of operations
Aboriginal Non-Aboriginal
Number of outpatient treatments Specialist Visits -
Gynaecological Opthalmic Orthopaedic ENT
Cardiology Paediatric Dermatological Surgical
Medical Urologist
30 24 5.2 days 2.7 days 216 362 18905
5 4 8 1 2 10 1 8 5 1
8. WORKS PROGRAM
The following Works Projects were carried out in 1990/91 Minor New Works
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Ward 1 Security Monitors
Relocate Physiotherapy Department Modify Boiler Controls
Air-conditioning Modifications at Staff Quarters
Installation of (8) additional fire alarm bells in designated 'dead' areas Upgrade electrical switchboard in Staff Quarters
Repairs and Maintenance Major Projects
1. Replace Cooling Towers Capital Works
Nil
Capital Equipment 1990/91
$15,000 58,000 5,070 2,500 3,800 6,000
E~penditure
$131,000
The following Capital Equipment was acquired during the course of the year-
Location CSD Ward 1 Ward 11 A&E/OPD A&E
Pathology Laboratory Pathology Laboratory Operating Theatre Operating Theatre Operating Theatre Physiotherapy
steam Autoclave Cardiac Monitors x 2 Humidicrib
BP & Pulse Monitor
Defib/Monitor/Recorder Microscope
Haematology Analyser Defib/Monitor/Recorder Pulseoximeter with BPM Ultrasonic Instrument Cleaner
Interferential Therapy Unit
$62,000 15,500 5,300 5,500 9,000 10,000 25,600 9,000 9,500 3,900 2,500
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9. EXPENDITURE
86/87 87/88 88/89 89/90 90/91 ($'000) ($'000) ($'000) ($1000) ($'000) 1. Salaries & Allowance
Expenditure on Salaries 2652 3080 3340 3292 3489
Budget Allocation 2700 3090 3361 3353 3490
2. Administrative Expenses
Actual Expenditure 1308 1525 1211 1238 1309·
Budget Allocation 1340 1525 1212 1264 1310
3. capital Equipment
Actual Expenditure 58 66 91 152 168
Budget Allocation 64 67 101 244 183
4. Other Services
Actual Expenditure 25 568 563
Budget Allocation 80 578 777
5. Property Management
Actual Expenditure 174 869 899 1011
Budget Allocation 177 875 850 1031
(Note Pharmacy costs for 86/87 are not included in the above figures.)
10. GENERAL
Coomrunity
The hospital continues to offer the following to the people of Nhulunbuy -
Work experience
Tours appropriate to the area of subjects being taught at school
Tours by organisations and members of the public on request Donations
An ornate patchwork quilt wall hanging made by the students of the Nhulunbuy High School was donated to the Hospital in December 1990. The quilt is on display in Ward 1.
Ted Hobson Chairman
Gove District Hospital Management Board
