{"id":19451,"date":"2024-02-26T17:31:15","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T07:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/?p=19451"},"modified":"2024-02-27T11:43:36","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T01:43:36","slug":"ed-tpch-20240226","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/facility-messages\/ed-tpch-20240226","title":{"rendered":"Message from the Acting Executive Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1352px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><div id=\"attachment_17886\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17886\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17886 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/melanie-dubbelde-p.png\" alt=\"Melanie Dubbelde\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/melanie-dubbelde-p-100x150.png 100w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/melanie-dubbelde-p.png 200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 200px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 200\/300;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17886\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melanie Dubbelde, Acting Executive Director<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>I would like to let staff know that we are expecting some media coverage on 7 News tonight about the heart transplant service at The Prince Charles Hospital (TPCH).<\/h4>\n<p>We understand this media coverage may cause some concerns and anxiety among staff and other patients and families of the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Last year we became aware of an increase in fungal infections amongst our heart transplant patient cohort. We formed a specialist team consisting of transplant and infectious diseases staff to investigate the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Genomic testing has confirmed that there is no link between the Lomentospora infections in patients and that a source has not been identified at TPCH.<\/p>\n<p>Our transplant program continues to run at full capacity and currently has patients on the active waiting list for both heart and lung transplants.<\/p>\n<p>We are working with our transplant patients and consumers, and taking every step to ensure they are safe in the community and while in our care.<\/p>\n<p>The full reviews of the two patient cases are currently in their final stages, with outcomes expected in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>We thank everyone for their ongoing support.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any concerns, please raise them with your line manager.<\/p>\n<p>Regards,<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><strong>Melanie.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom:50px;width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I would like to let staff know that we are expecting some media coverage on 7 News tonight about the heart transplant service at The Prince Charles Hospital (TPCH).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":17887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[160,161],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-facility-messages","category-ed-tpch"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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