BAIL's TALES SEPTEMBER : The birds

I am convinced we are in the finest corner of the Burwood Campus over here in the Allan Bean Centre. With spring arriving, our resident Plover couple has three chicks attracting a lot of attention from the Magpie whanau who chortle their lungs out most mornings. The Bell Bird or two have remained despite the reduction in the size of the woodland area for the new car park. On some days the Bellbird song is so loud it seems they are inside the library.
A Pukeko family moved in this week also, so we clearly have something special here that attracts such a wonderful variety of bird species.

The natural surroundings and rich birdlife at Burwood hospital are highly conducive to rehabilitation and the research surrounding it. There is a constant stream of patients and visitors associated with the spinal unit and other parts of the hospital that come and go from our facility. This helps keep us focused on the reason why we conduct research in the area of Spinal Cord Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury.

Last month saw us well represented at the annual ANZSCoS Scientific Conference. Our own Johnny Bourke presented on “The experience of rehabilitation from the perspectives of individuals in NZ with tetraplegia due to traumatic spinal cord injury” and Anne Sinnott presented about the development of the NZ wide upper limb surgery registry and data driven collaborations that result.

Finally, our next BAIL Research Peer Group meeting is September 12th from 12-1pm in the Conference Room of the Alan Bean Centre and you are all invited. Our presenters are Johnny Bourke and Jason Nicholls and the theme is “Earthquakes and disability issues”. If you would like to come or be added to our invitation list please RSVP to me at hansb@burwood.org.nz

Well, since posting the fabulous von Goethe quote last month I have had many requests for another quote. Well actually not that many. More like none at all really but I love my quotes so here is another for you. “The harder I work l the luckier I get” Jack Nicklous (Pro Golfer)

Hans Wouters – Project Manager Burwood Academy Of Independent Living