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Started at Clinical Engineering, TBH in 1996. Worked as clinical engineering at TBH for 10 years. Moved to Provincial clinical engineering under Health Technology for 8 years. Started in HT head office as DD Policy and Systems for medical equipment in 2014. Accepted the portfolio as DD Operations in 2021. With 30 years of experience in medical equipment and health technology in the public sector, I have a firm background to assist in the decision making and processes that guide procurement of medical equipment and particularly the planning and life cycle management of capital equipment.
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