PRESIDENT GARY PHILLIPS welcomed members and guests.
Change of By-Laws
Foundation Month - excellent articles in RDU.
Board meeting tonight.
Next week chair - Squish.
CHAIR: JACQUE PHILLIPS:
COVID update: Positive case st Josephs Numurkah - 145 swabs taken today.
Yarrawonga 60 positive cases.
13 cases being managed by NCN Health, looking after at home with clinical services, which helps keep families together.
Moira Shire 93% double vaccinated.
Booster roll-out in Residential Aged Care.
Elective surgery maintained in Numurkah.
GUEST SPEAKER: ABHINAY DOLAR.
Abhinay (Aby) Dolar Director Clinical Services NCN Health Numurkah.
Born in India, mother a nurse. Trained in India and spent 2 years as an industrial nurse. Emigrated to Australia working at Toowoomba where he undertook further studies for Bachelor of Nursing, then moved to McKay Base Hospital for 4 years, spending some time relieving staff in smaller hospitals under McKay Base.
Moved to Melbourne for business studies. MBA, working at Royal Melbourne Hospital. Returning to India to marry. Moved to Adelaide for 1 year, then to a management position at Ceduna for 2 years, managing aged care, ED and ward.
Offered management role in Coober Pedy, operating an Oodnadatta clinic. Moved to Ballarat for 4 years then Royal Melbourne Hospital as managing director of vaccination hub. Administering 2,500 vaccines a day.
From RMH moved to Numurkah after good reports.
REPORTS
P.P. CHRIS SUTTON:
Ride to Conference entries being received.
TREASURER JEFF BUZZA:
Membership subs still owing.
UMOJA ORPHANAGE UPDATE:
Video update on Umoja Orphanage in Kenya.
ATTENDANCE:
2 apologies, 24 in attendance 82.7%
FELLOWSHIP:
No report.
HEADS & TAILS:
Kate Hodge.
NEXT MEETING
DATE: MONDAY 22nd NOVEMBER 2021
VENUE: NUMURKAH GOLF & BOWLS CLUB
CHAIR: SQUISH DAVIS
APOLOGIES:
Chris Sutton
Phone: 0448 814 862
TO END WITH A SMILE
“Has your son decided what he wants to be when he grows up?” I asked my friend. “He wants to be a garbageman,” he replied. “That’s an unusual ambition to have at such a young age.” “Not really. He thinks that garbagemen work only on Tuesdays.”