{"id":1086,"date":"2015-06-17T00:01:30","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T00:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/redcliffe\/uncategorized\/ward-4east-opens"},"modified":"2015-06-17T00:01:30","modified_gmt":"2015-06-17T00:01:30","slug":"ward-4east-opens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/redcliffe\/news\/ward-4east-opens","title":{"rendered":"Ward 4East opens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h1>Ward 4East opens<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_1744\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1744\" class=\"wp-image-1087 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/redcliffe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/09\/redcliffe-ward-open-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Opening Ward 4East\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/redcliffe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/09\/redcliffe-ward-open-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/redcliffe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/09\/redcliffe-ward-open-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/redcliffe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/09\/redcliffe-ward-open-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/redcliffe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/09\/redcliffe-ward-open-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/redcliffe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/09\/redcliffe-ward-open.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1744\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Redcliffe Hospital Executive Director Lexie Spehr (left) and Board Chair Dr Paul Alexander assisted Judith Gill to cut the ribbon and declare the ward open. Judith is a former Redcliffe Hospital ICU nurse whose husband was nursed by staff in DAFU late last year.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A medical ward at Redcliffe Hospital has been reopened following a $5 million refurbishment.<\/p>\n<p>Ward 4East was officially opened today by Metro North Hospital and Health Board Chair, Dr Paul Alexander AO.<\/p>\n<p>The ward comprises a total of 26 beds. Patients will start moving in next month.<\/p>\n<p>Redcliffe Hospital Executive Director Lexie Spehr said today the redeveloped ward will feature single rooms as well as four-bed rooms, which will include ensuites.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDelirium and Falls Unit (DAFU) patients will be the first to occupy the refurbished ward,\u201d Ms Spehr said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe DAFU area has been well designed to allow all patients to be under surveillance at all times by nursing and medical staff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDAFU patients are some of the most vulnerable people in our community who have had a deterioration in their ability to think and to look after themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDAFU in 4East will provide a safe environment as these patients are assessed and treated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The $5 million funding to give the ward its make-over is part of the $320 million Queensland Government Backlog Maintenance Remediation Program.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A medical ward at Redcliffe Hospital has been reopened following a $5 million refurbishment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/redcliffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/redcliffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/redcliffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/redcliffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/redcliffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1086"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/redcliffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1088,"href":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/redcliffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1086\/revisions\/1088"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/redcliffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/redcliffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/redcliffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/redcliffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}