Campbelltown Hospital

Services

Inpatient Unit

The hospital has a 22 bed Paediatric Unit which cares for both medical and surgical patients as well as the ability to care for some high dependency patients. Patients are accepted from 0 -18 years of age and may be admitted under a paediatrician or another speciality including (but not limited to) Surgical, ENT and Orthopaedics. The unit provides 24 hour a day medical coverage and is supported by a Nursing Unit Manager, Clinical Nurse Educator and two Clinical Nurse Specialists.

Visiting Hours: Between 7.30am - 8.00pm
Rest Period: Between 1.00pm - 2.00pm, parents and immediate family only
Location: Building C, Lower Ground Floor
Telephone: 02 4634 1135

Paediatric Ambulatory Care Service (PACS)

PACS is a non-in-patient service that provides both medical and nursing care to patients in an outpatient setting and in the home. The unit has nine beds including an isolation room and a treatment room. The service operates seven days a week including public holidays. The service is covered by both junior and senior medical staff and supported by a Nursing Unit Manager, Clinical Nurse Educator and Clinical Nurse Specialists.

This service provides the following:

• Hospital in the home
• Tertiary hospital shared care of chronic patients including haematology and oncology patients
• Nursing review/dressing of burns and wounds
• Wound packing and dressings
• Blood transfusions
• Infusions of various medications
• Blood collection
• IV antibiotic administration
• Medical review of patients who have been acutely unwell (after discussion with Staff Specialists)
• Administration of some chemotherapy agents
• Procedural sedation
• Discharge and follow up phone calls

Hours of Operation: 8.00am - 6.30pm Monday - Friday
Weekends and Public Holidays: 8.00am - 4.30pm
Location: Building C, Lower Ground Floor
Telephone: 02 4634 4160

Paediatric Outpatient Clinics

Cardiology

• Dr Jonathan Mervis sees patients once a month on a Thursday or Friday.
• Dr Megan Sherwood sees patients every three months on a Friday.

Dermatology

• Dr Dana Slape sees patients first Friday of the month. GP referrals accepted.

Development

Endocrinology

• Dr Vallimayil Velayutham sees patients Monday and Fridays.
• Dr Lisa Amato sees patients Monday and Thursdays.
• Dr Thomas Campbell sees patients on Wednesdays.
• Dr Uma Visser sees patients on Mondays to Thursdays.

General Paediatrics

• Dr Raymond Chin sees patients on Fridays.
• Dr Laverne Lok sees patients on Tuesdays.
• Dr Andrew McDonald sees patients on Thursdays.
• Dr Angela Tan sees patients on Mondays.
• Dr Catherine Allgood sees patients on Tuesdays.
• Dr Christine Peng sees patients on Thursdays.

Referral: Paediatrician or other specialist referral only addressed to specific specialist

Genetics

Haematology

• Dr Susan Rusell sees patients first Thursday every 3 months.

Immunology

• Dr Miriam Codarini sees patients first and third Friday of the month and second and fourth Tuesday of the month.
• Dr Paul Gray sees patients first and third Friday of the month and second and fourth Tuesday of the month.
• Dr Connie Katelaris sees patients first and third Friday of the month. GP referrals accepted.  
• Dr Karuna Keat sees patients first and third Friday of the month.
• Dr Timothy West sees patients on second and fourth Tuesday of the month.

Referral: GP or specialist referrals

Neurology

• Dr Ian Andrews sees patients first Tuesday of the month.

Ophthalmology

• Dr Sbuhashini Kaddapu sees patients Monday fortnightly.

Renal

• Dr Fiona Mackie sees patients first Wednesday of the month

Respiratory

Sleep

• Dr Ganesh Thambipillay sees patients one Thursday of the month. GP referrals accepted.

Surgical and Urology

• Dr Dylan Wanaguru is a General Paediatric Surgeon and sees patients depending on availability please contact clinic to confirm.
• Dr Ashish Jiwane is a Paediatric Surgeon and Urologist and sees patients on Wednesdays.

Please contact the clinic to confirm availability of appointments.
Hours of Operation: 8.00am - 4.30pm Monday - Friday
Location: Building C, Lower Ground Floor
Clinic Phone: (02) 4634 4162
Fax Number: (02) 4634 4600
Email Address: SWSLHD-campbelltownoutpatients-paediatric@health.nsw.gov.au

Special Care Nursery

Campbelltown Hospital Nursery is a Level 4 Unit supporting over 4000 local births per year. The Special Care Nursery predominantly cares for babies born after 32 weeks gestation. As part of the tiered Area service NETS may transfer babies to Campbelltown that require Level 4 care, including bubble CPAP. This is a major site for the management of premature babies post discharge from the major Neonatal Intensive Care Units of Sydney. This 16 cot facility has approximately 800 admissions and 44 -51 transfers per year. The Unit will increase to 32 cots in the new development, the anticipated opening of this will be in 2022.

Special Care Nursery provides comprehensive and compassionate care of newborn infants and their families’. We are committed and dedicated to quality, education, staff development and research. The mission of the Special Care Nursery staff is to improve the health and wellbeing of newborn infants and their families.

This is a major teaching site for nursing and medical students for The University of Western Sydney.

Major achievements include:

• Pioneering the use of Bubble CPAP for infants with respiratory distress.
• Dedicated Advanced Neonatal Resuscitation area with Support with the "Vision for Life" camera system to help teleconference with State Wide NETS retrieval team and intensive care units.
• First Metropolitan Hospital to use the State-wide Neonatal Database (NICUS) as part of clinical information system and clinical handover by nursing and medical teams.
• Oxygen Pulse Oximetry documentation on all babies prior to discharge.
• Transcutaneous Bilirubin measurements for jaundiced babies - resulting in less blood testing.

Visiting Hours: Campbelltown SCN now has new visiting hours 10am - 12pm and 4pm - 6.30pm. Four support people can visit during visiting hours with a maximum of two people at the bedside and all visitors must show proof of vaccination against whooping cough. Visitors are nominated by the parents and remain the same four visitors for the duration of the stay. Parents may visit 24/7. No visitors may visit without a parent present. Only siblings under the age of 16 are allowed to visit.

Current visiting hours are restricted due to Covid-19. Mothers are encouraged to visit whenever they wish. If this mother is unwell and unable to visit (usually in the immediate time after birth), the father may visit. Once the mother is able to visit, she is the only visitor to SCN. We encourage the use of Face Timing to include other family members.

Location: Building B, Ground Floor
Telephone: 02 4634 4113

Paediatric Allied Health Unit

http://www.swslhd.nsw.gov.au/CCQ/paediatrics/

Clinical Leaders

Dr Raymond Chin, Head of Paediatrics and Neonatology
Dr Setthy Ung, Staff Specialist PACS
Dr Catherine Allgood, Senior Staff Specialist Special Care Nursery
Karen Sorensen, Women’s and Children’s Operational Nurse Manager
Anthony Pullen, Nurse Unit Manager Paediatric Ambulatory Care
Amanda Ramsey, Nurse Unit Manager Paediatrics
Fiona Kite, Nurse Unit Manager Special Care Nursery