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Breastscreen Queensland launches Sistas Shawl trial to boost screening rates
BreastScreen Queensland Brisbane Northside Service has today launched a new ‘Sistas Shawl’ project to boost screening rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.
Supporting families of premature and sick babies to return home sooner with NeoHOME
Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (RBWH) has launched NeoHOME, a new service designed to support families of eligible babies in the Grantley Stable Neonatology Unit to take their new family member home two to three weeks earlier than they previously have been able to.
From Washington DC to Caboolture
From Washington DC to Caboolture ED, Consultant Dr Doug Feinbloom has had quite the career that led him to our shores.
Metro North Dads N Peers Project provides dads with the tools to success
Father’s Day is a special day for every dad, but the most special day for many is the first one they get to spend with their precious newborn baby.
Caboolture Hospital delivering outpatient appointments at Super Clinic
Caboolture Hospital patients are accessing outpatient services in the community during the hospital’s expansion.
The Prince Charles Hospital delivers Australian-first heart procedure
An Australian first procedure delivered by The Prince Charles Hospital (TPCH) in Brisbane may revolutionise treatment for the thousands of Australians living with an abnormal heart rhythm.
A time of reflection following a stroke
While the last few months have been very difficult time it has also been a period of reflection and recovery for stroke survivor Bob Sutcliffe. Bob, who has his 89th birthday in a couple of weeks, was quickly able to get back into some of the things he enjoys including life in the garden and playing lawn bowls.
Metro North Health delivers world-first breast scaffold surgery
A world-first surgery delivered by Metro North Health in Brisbane will pave the way for women globally requiring breast reconstruction with a safer alternative to silicone implants, leaving them with nothing but their own natural tissue within two years.
Non-urgent planned care postponed
Queensland is currently experiencing a COVID surge and our staff are prioritising the care of severely unwell patients. To do this, we have postponed some planned surgery and outpatient care.
Strengthening culture for our First Nations peoples
The Caboolture Hospital Redevelopment Project (CHRP) is another way that Metro North Health is helping to close the gap of health inequities experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
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As the holiday season ramps up, Caboolture security guards Vic and Corey are the elves behind the scenes keeping everyone safe! ❤️
For some, Christmas and the holiday period can see increased use of alcohol and drugs and we find we have a lot more patients presenting to hospital, often in a distressed state.
"Effective communication is key, we try to empathise and assist everybody in a safe way - patient safety is paramount," Vic said.
"We do things differently here, we want to be seen as approachable and non-intimidating, don’t be afraid of the blue shirts." ✨
#ShoutoutSaturday 👏
Caboolture hospital security guys are the best 👏
Thank you Vic, Corey and the rest of the Security Team at Cabooture. You do an amazing job!
Caboolture security guards are so wonderful. They do an awesome job keeping everyone safe. Thank you all for all you do!
Such a valuable workforce, thank you Protective Services staff for all you do to keep patients, staff and visitors safe!
Nice! Merry Christmas Gentlemen!🎄
We are always grateful to see the blue shirts. Team 3A says a big THANKS👏👏
Thank you for making us feel safe. ☺️
It's a tuff job, good to see the recognition.
Always grateful to have you guys around - great job to you all 👏👏
Vic is the greatest security officer in MNHHS!!! We love you Vic!!! 👏
Vic is a great person and so understanding and professional
Great work guys ✨
Ahhh is that what the comb was for Corey? 🤣
The best!
Beautiful dads
Looking hot fellas!! Lo
YTB 💪🏾
Thank you for doing what so many couldn’t. #legends #underpaid
#thanksforkeepingussafe
Thank you
Yeh a couple of cuddly koalas. Or not.
YTFB🤟🏾
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas for baby Rory, who was born six weeks early ensuring she snuck in more of the holiday festivities!
Since her birth, she's been spending her time under the watchful eye of the Caboolture Hospital #NICU team.🎅
"We don't have a definite date just yet, but I do know she will be home for Christmas, and we are so excited that we get to spend it with her," mum Summah said. 🎄 #FeelgoodFriday
You have the very best of care with those wonderful nurses at the Caboolture NICU 🥰🥰🥰 our bubba was taken care by them as well. Good luck Rory! Premmie =strong ❤💪
Congratulations ❤️. Welcome beautiful baby girl Rory
Welcome to the world Baby Rory. Congratulations to your lucky parents for their early Christmas present🎄 🎅 🎁
Welcome to the world Rory.💖
Beautiful baby girl we can’t wait until you’re home ❤️❤️❤️
Precious baby girl. Beautiful.
Welcome Rory 💫
Oh so gorgeous ♥️
Hurry home baby girl ♥️
We're decking the halls at #STARS today as nurses Shania and Samantha show us that 'tis the season to be jolly . 🎄
Many of our patients won't be home for Christmas, but our staff always make it their goal to bring Christmas into the hospital.
"It can be hard for some patients who are here over this period, which is why it's special for us, as we get to bring them some Christmas cheer," Samantha said.
Tell us in the comments how you'll brighten the festive period for your loved ones in hospital. 🌟
Funky socks! My husband Des is in 4A and has been in there since the end of August. It’s become a bit of a routine for the nurses or physios to pick out his funky socks for the day. I’ve begun his Christmas collection for him. 🎅 ⭐️ 🎄
This is a great photo, with such great nurses.
Oh Sam, she's definitely my favourite nurse. She brightens up my day. She really didn't tell me to say that 😅
This is a great post! We love STARS.
YES QUEEN!!!! Sam Atchison
Australian males have an estimated one in six chance of being diagnosed with prostate cancer by the age of 85 years of age.
If you think about all the men in your life, this is an alarming figure.
The good news is that Dr Nick and his team in urology at #Redcliffe Hospital are paving the way for minimally invasive prostate procedures and treatments for prostate issues, including benign prostate enlargements.
"Green light laser treatment is a new option - it’s a minimally invasive procedure that evaporates the enlarged prostate tissue,” he said. 🟢
“The procedure is associated with fewer side effects and quicker recovery than traditional surgery.”
If you’d like to join Dr Nick in working across prostate health, as well as other urological issues, apply now to join the team as a senior medical officer: bit.ly/3OdNI4Y
#WorkforusWednesday
He is a very good and caring doctor he looks after his patients. I was so happy to have him for me .
Marvel‘s of modern medicine. Less longer stays in hospital. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
How to get on any of Redcliffe's Urulogy waiting lists, mystery for me....maybe not being able to pee at all is not enough to get placed on a list. Several weeks now with Catherter in and still no doctor seen me at RCH. I am solely relying on my GP. Asked for medication and asked for Ultrasound so at least something is being. I am very disappointed with RCH, been in void clinic and failed which stands to reason as nothing is done. Next clinic 3 weeks from now at least via GP ,3 weeks of meds but I have been told 6 weeks before seeing any results. Thinking of finding private Urologist and pay for any treatments.
Dr David will bend over backwards to help his patients requiring a visit to the RBWH hyperbaric chamber. 🤿 🦪
Dating back to the early 20th century, hyperbaric medicine was originally used to treat divers with decompression sickness or ‘the bends’ as it is commonly known. Now we see plenty of these patients – as well as a range of others including those with vascular conditions or patients needing to speed up the wound healing process.
“The treatment involves delivering 100% oxygen to the patient in a pressurised chamber that is equivalent to two and a half times normal atmospheric pressure,” Dr Kramer said.
“Being in the chamber can feel a lot like taking a short flight in an airplane. Patients need to pop their ears as the pressure increases and spend the next the two hours watching a movie, reading a book or having a snooze, before the pressure is gradually released and they carry on with their day.” 🌊
I loved my time as a hyperbaric nurse. Seeing the outcomes was so rewarding!!
Sounds like a good place for a night shift 😴 🤣
Not only is Dr David an awesome Doctor and person but his photography skills are amazing!!!
Shame access is so restrictive, consumers report excellent outcomes with private services who don’t make them jump through as many hoops
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