Tami Photinos, Executive Director, The Prince Charles Hospital

TPCH continues to experience increasing demands on our services. The Executive team would like to express a sincere thank you to everyone for your hard work and efforts in continuing to support the delivery of high quality patient care in this extremely challenging environment. We know it’s a big ask at the moment!

Vaccination

It’s important to keep your COVID-19 vaccinations up-to-date, which means having all boosters you are eligible for to provide an extra layer of protection against COVID-19.

Eligibility for third and fourth dose vaccination includes:

• All Queenslanders aged 16 and over who have had 2 COVID-19 vaccine doses more than 3 months ago should get a third COVID-19 vaccine dose.
• People aged 50 and over, and those at greater risk of severe illness, are recommended to have a fourth dose (also called a winter dose), from 3 months after the first booster dose.
• People aged 30 to 49 can also get a fourth dose if they choose.
• Even if you’ve had COVID-19, you should still get your boosters after an interval of 3 months.
• Children aged 5 to 15 should get 2 COVID-19 vaccine doses. Boosters are not currently recommended for this age group unless they are immunocompromised.

Useful resources:

• You can find a COVID vaccine provider using the Department of Health COVID Vaccine Clinic Finder website.

Visitor Exemptions

Visitors entering this facility who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the past 14 days need to apply for a Queensland Health Exemption from the Chief Health Officer.

Take care of yourselves.

Tami Photinos
Executive Director