Issue #1, April 2009

"A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.”

Hippocrates, (460 BC - 377 BC), Regimen in Health

Project DI
	Woods Bagot Awarded Mackay Hospital Redevelopment Woods Bagot in conjunction with Billard Leece have been awarded the $405 million Mackay Hospital project. Billard Leece are supporting Woods Bagot as the Principal Consultant with health planning services. The current Master Plan proposes a new Acute Hospital, refurbishment of the existing main building for Administration and other non critical functions. More>
	Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication Designed by Woods Bagot, the new $45 million MCN will be one of Australia's flagship nanotech facilities. The MCN forms part of a research and innovation hub at Monash in Victoria which includes the Australian Synchrotron. More>
cool stuff
	Aging in Place Richard Aedy of ABC Radio National speaks to Susan McWinney-Morse, Founder and Member Beacon Hill Village, widely considered the first example of the 'Aging in Place' model of care. He also speaks with Philip McCallion, Director of the Centre for Excellence in Ageing Services State University of New York, Albany. Click here to access the podcast>