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OoZoo Newsletter of Rotary Club of Mosman
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Volume : W22, Issue Number : W22-138 (09/11/2024)
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Acknowledgement of Country
We acknowledge the Borogegal and Cammeraigal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which our Club meets. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
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Attendance Table Roster for 2024-25
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Mon 4th. Danny Low - Trip to Nepal
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Wed 6th. Board Meeting: & Dinner - Mosman Rowers
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Mon 11th. Club Forum: Director Update plus Club Member Q&A
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Mon 18th. Yvette Vignando, CEO Mary's House Svcs
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Mon 25th. Donna Braye:Local Studies Coordintor, Mosman Library
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Mon 2nd. Speaker to be Confirmed
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Wed 4th. Board Meeting: & Dinner- Mosman Rowers
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Sat 7th. Mosman Markets - Rotary Stall
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Mon 9th. No Meeting - Christmas Party Week
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Tues 10th. Club Xmas Party, Balgowlah Golf Club 6.30pm to 7.00pm
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Thurs 12. Mosman Night Markets - Rotary Stall
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Mon 16th. Club Forum Director Update plus Club Member Q&A.
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Mon 23rd. Christmas Week. - No Meeting
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Mon 30th. New Year Week. No Meeting
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Mon 6th No Meeting … Club Picnic Saturday 11th (To be confirmed)
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Sat 11th. Club New Year Start Picnic ..
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Mon 13th. Speaker to be Confirmed
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Wed 15th. Board Meeting: & Dinner - Mosman Rowers ?
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Mon 20th. Club Forum: Director Update plus Club Member Q&A.
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Mon 27th. Speaker to be Confirmed
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The Rotary Club of Mosman wishes to thank Kennard’s Storage Artarmon for their support in providing storage for our Club and Hotel Mosman for their continuing donation of funds to assist us support our local community.
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Following Wednesday's Board Meeting there will be an update; this will include details of a proposal to increase the club's digital visibility by new member David Fergusson. This will include action being undertaken by David to update and enhance the club’s website.
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Dr Peter Scougall and his team have just returned from their latest teaching trip to Vietnam. This is a long standing project of our club; we generally assist in travel arrangements and cover part of the cost of the trip - this year we have contributed approx $9000 of which 50% came from the surplus from the 2 Soiree events held in 2022 and 2023. Dr Scougall has sent the attached report:
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Vietnam draft summary for Rotary:
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Thanks for sponsoring our trip last week, which went well. Particular thanks to Blair Leslie who was very helpful with travel / visas etc. (with Kate Vasiliou at Mosman travel).
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A one week visit to Hue Central Hospital. It is the Hospital’s 130th birthday this year. I understand they are planning for expansions to become a 6,000 bed hospital (currently 4,000).
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Hand Surgeons: Damian Ryan, Richard Lawson, Xuan Ye, Matthew White and me (all Sydney based. Xuan also treats shoulders and helped with the shoulder program.
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Prof. Jagdeep Nanchahal, University of Oxford, England.
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Hand Therapists: Rosemary Prosser (Sydney), Cate Menzies (Wollongong and South Coast).
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Shoulder surgeon: David Lieu (Western Sydeney).
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Shoulder Therapist: Michael Pasqualin (Western Sydney).
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The course was organised by Dr Phu, now the Director of Hands and Plastics at the Hospital.
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This visit was more complicated than previous years, as we ran multiple teaching seminars, which often coincided with our clinical commitments. Difficult to organise, but we had a large enough team to allow for that.
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Hand and wrist sessions: Trauma review course/ soft tissue cover for registrars.
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Microsurgery workshops using konjac noodles (an excellent
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teaching model and new addition this year) and chicken legs.
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Wrist arthroscopy (also a new addition)
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Research and difficult case discussion
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Shoulder registrar and surgeon courses.
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Hand Therapy / Rehabilitation course.
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We ran a teaching clinic on Monday morning, when we saw more than 30 patients. The focus this week was more on teaching, rather than clinical work.
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The hand team operated for 2.5 days (x2 operating theatres). The shoulder team operated for 1.5 days.
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Approximately 120 participants joined the course (approx. 70 from out of town and 50 local). They were keen, involved and asked very interesting, well informed questions. They had good technical skills, particularly in the microsurgery workshop, which they really enjoyed.
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At the end of the course we were able to distribute 20 sets of microsurgery instruments to surgeons from different areas, thanks to the generosity of our donors (Mosman Rotary, Orthopaedic Outreach, Australian Hand Surgery Society and St Lukes Hospital, Kings Cross).
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The sets were arranged via Richard Appleyard, Director of the Orthopaedic Lab at Macquarie Hospital.
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Most of us travelled on Saturday 26/10, but 3 planned to travel on Sunday (Richard, David and Michael). Unfortunately, Hue airport was closed on Sunday due to a typhoon, so they needed to overnight in Ho Chi Minh City and arrived around midday on Monday.
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A successful course. The program has evolved to accommodate their changing needs. We are now focussing on helping with teaching, introducing subspecialty skills (including arthroscopy) and helping with more research involvement (for presentations at international meetings and publications in international medical journals).
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Thanks again for your ongoing support.
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| President |
Ruth Thompson/Halyna Koscharsky |
| Immediate Past President |
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| Rotary Foundation |
Richard Vahtrick |
| Secretary |
Graeme Robinson |
| Treasurer |
Derek Andrew |
| Club Administration/Service |
Mark Wallis |
| Community Service |
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| International Service |
Barry Starr |
| Welfare and Engagement/Membership |
Di McKenzie - Rabu |
| President Elect |
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| Youth Service |
Shirley Owles/Brian Owles |
| Sergeant-at-Arms |
Blair Leslie |
| Assistant Secretary |
Dominique Rabu |
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