She is the friendly face offering bespoke physiotherapy and
advice for patients at Southampton General Hospital with chronic muscle
wasting conditions.
Sunitha Narayan works at the Tremona Road hospital’s Wessex
Neurological Centre which serves people across the South suffering from
disorders affecting the brain, spine and nerves.
And the neuromuscular coordinator also uses her fluency in
five different languages to help patients from Asian backgrounds get the
healthcare they need.
Now she has received the ultimate recognition after being
nominated for a Hospital Heroes award.
And she is calling on people across Southampton to show
their gratitude to fellow hospital staff by putting them forward for the Daily
Echo’s Readers’ Choice Award.
We have teamed up with University Hospital Southampton NHS
Foundation Trust to champion staff who like Sunitha have gone the extra mile to
ensure patients receive outstanding care.
Sunitha was chosen by patient Katie Hammond who suffers from
incurable condition Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) which has
weakened her legs and arms so much she requires sticks to walk.
Katie Hammond, who has received regular help from the centre
over the last four years, said: “She provides fantastic support. It’s so
personalised and she is such a nice person who gives good honest advice.”
Sunitha, 38, trained in India and moved to Britain in 2006.
Many of her patients have other health complications and she
helps signpost them to other services within the hospital and the community.
She said: “For me this is the perfect job. We have to have
many difficult conversations with patients about their health, but being able
to help them makes it so rewarding.
“It’s really lovely to be nominated and I feel very
honoured. It’s really humbling to hear people are thanking you on a personal
level.”
Sunitha also volunteers as a hospital interpreter using her
knowledge of four different Indian languages to help patients.
She also works to promote equality, diversity and inclusion
at the hospital.-Compiled by Physiotherapy Jobs Portal for information purpose.
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