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12 June 2026
Passionate RBWH anaesthetist makes King’s Birthday Honours List
Associate Professor Michael Steyn has been recognised has been recognised for his significant service to anaesthesiology and peri-operative medicine, as well as health leadership.
News , Metro North , RBWH
12 June 2026
Toxxic trend sweeping social media set to have ‘max’ health impacts
Looksmaxxing, Healthmaxxing, T-maxxing – heard of them? If you have, then be aware they could be causing you secret harm! Dietitian Helen unpacks the exxhausting and dangerous social trends.
News , Metro North , RBWH
10 June 2026
RUBIE to the rescue of sick and premature babies
Critically ill and premature babies will reach specialised care faster with the launch of Queensland’s first neonatal emergency vehicle, donated by national charity Running for Premature Babies.
News , Metro North , RBWH
5 June 2026
Even in Brisbane, Winter Can Affect Your Mood – Here’s Why
Feeling the winter blues as days get shorter and the temperature drops? Psychologist Henry Close explains what’s behind seasonal mood dips and how to manage them.
Events
Advanced Life Support - Level 1 Course
Date: 26 August 2026
Time: TBC
Venue: The Prince Charles Hospital
Level 1 courses are for those clinicians who want general competence in airway management and basic life support for a deteriorating patient and cardiac arrest. Suitable if you normally are part of team rather than the lead.
Advanced Life Support - Level 1 Course
Date: 9 September 2026
Time: TBC
Venue: The Prince Charles Hospital
Level 1 courses are for those clinicians who want general competence in airway management and basic life support for a deteriorating patient and cardiac arrest. Suitable if you normally are part of team rather than the lead.
Advanced Life Support - Level 1 Course
Date: 16 September 2026
Time: TBC
Venue: The Prince Charles Hospital
Level 1 courses are for those clinicians who want general competence in airway management and basic life support for a deteriorating patient and cardiac arrest. Suitable if you normally are part of team rather than the lead.
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Healthmaxxing, more like exxhausting! 🫠 The latest trend to sweep the internet, incorporating ‘Looksmaxxing’ and other health and physical wellbeing goals to maximise your health, is likely doing you more harm than good.
The trend is encouraging everything from starving yourself to eating dangerous amounts of protein and fibre, ‘dryscooping’ where pre-workout is consumed dry without water, through to illegal steroid or drug use.
RBWH Dietitian Helen unpacks the toxxic trend all over our feeds, sharing her thoughts on some of the big impacts on our health to beware of, including:
1. Protein toxicity: Excess protein ends up being stored as fat. High protein foods are often highly processed too, with added sweeteners, emulsifiers and additives – which can have a negative impact on gut health!
2. Nutrient deficiency: Maxxing up one nutrient risks creating deficiencies in others. Nutrient deficiencies can result in skin conditions, brittle nails and lacklustre hair (which may be the opposite of Looksmaxxing!), and that’s just the start.
3. Steroids and hormonal ‘T-maxxing’ issues: T-maxxing is adding testosterone, but our bodies have finely tuned mechanisms to keep our hormones at optimal levels for health. Testosterone levels both too low and too high disrupt the balance and have consequences – that’s why our bodies work hard to keep our hormone levels stable. Too much testosterone, or T-maxxing can cause acne, mood swings, baldness and increased risk of high blood pressure and prostate cancer.
4. Liver failure from vitamin stacking: Supplement stacking and vitamin stacking uses combinations of supplements and vitamins that have never been tested to work together. The stacked nutrients may be competing for the same binding site in the gut, or interact with each other with a bad outcome, such as extra stress on the liver, kidneys and nutrient deficiencies. They are a biohack that seems like an easy fix, a way to bypass the things we all know are really helpful, but veg-maxxing is a much harder sell, right? 🥕🌽🥑
Read more about healthmaxxing here: metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/metro-north-news/toxxic-trend-sweeping-social
Veg-maxxing! Love it! 🥗🥦🥕🌽🥑
Our very own Associate Professor Michael Steyn has received a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the General Division for significant service to anaesthesiology and peri-operative medicine, as well as health leadership.💫
Dr Michael, who grew up in Scotland and trained as a rural GP before he admits he 'got lost in anaesthetics' says he's always been passionate about supporting our regional and rural colleagues.
"As anaesthetists, we work throughout the hospital, not just in theatre, but in helping patients to cope with all areas of their healthcare journey," he said.
"I've been at RBWH since I moved to Australia, but I've always been involved in supporting people across the State and further afield."
In 2011, Michael had to temporarily hang up his scrubs as he was cared for as a patient, after learning he had bowel cancer.
"I was very ill - this hospital did all my imaging, and they did a great job," he said.
Michael recovered from cancer and returned to work to continue caring for patients as well as mentoring and training junior staff, which remains his current passion.
Congratulations Michael! Very well deserved. I’ve learnt many great things from you
Congratulations sir. You deserve it
Hi Michael, Congratulations, this is well deserved.
Congratulations Michael! Well deserved 👏
Well deserved Michael. Congratulations. Glad to see you are doing so well.
Well deserved Mike
Warmest congratulations Michael - Always so thoughtful, calm and caring!
It was a pleasure to meet & work with Dr Michael Steyn many years ago ago with the first team supporting all Anaesthetist across QLD
Well deserved recognition Michael. Thank you
It’s about time our outstanding Doctors and staff are truly recognised
Congratulations Michael! 🎉
Congratulations Michael!!
Congratulations Michael
Who’s a clever boy then?! Congrats 🥳
Congratulations!!!
Congratulations!
An amazing doctor
Well done Michael. Great leader, educator and colleague.
Congratulations Michael!!
Genuinely one of the nicest and funniest anaesthetists I have had the pleasure of working with. Need a bottle of Ballantine’s for this!
Wow! So well deserved Michael. Wonderful to see formal appreciation of what a great person you are.
🧡🧡🧡🫶🫶🫶
Congratulations Michael! Absolutely wonderful news!
Congratulations Michael. very well desereved 👏
To say that Emmett and Eamon were eager to be in this world is an understatement! 👶👶
Mum Shannon was 23 weeks pregnant with her twin boys when one of the amniotic sacs broke. This is known as a pre-term pre-labour rupture of membranes (PPROM). 🤰
Shannon was admitted to the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (RBWH) to delay early labour and to monitor her and her twins for any complications. 🏥
"The twins eventually made their way into the world one hour shy of 28 weeks," Shannon said.
"I had to have a c-section due to Emmett being transverse. Eamon had other plans and he came out headfirst there and then, four minutes later Emmett was born breech."
The great news is, Emmett and Eamon are now home with their family and loving life. 🙌
Wow awsome go you and your boys 🫶
Aww congratulations, i have a son named Emmett too it wasn't very popular 10 years ago but now there is Emmetts everywhere hehe how cute 🩵
Aren't the boys just beautiful, and bonny! 💗
Congratulations and many blessings💙💙🏄🏻♂️🏄🏻♂️⛄️⛄️ Double the fun and the joy
Great news all is good with the boys.
My waters broke at 24weeks and 3 days . Only lasted to 25weeks . 645 gm and 821gm Girls are 23 this year. Miracles do happen. Congratulations on your precious boys 💙💙🎉🎉
Congratulations mother of 28weeker who is 30 this year
Super mum Shannon Lines🤍🤍🤍
Beautiful congratulations
Well done mum 💕
Congratulations on your gorgeous boys...Lovely family 💙💙
Thank you for sharing the twins' story 🩵🩵 The boys are now going on nearly 8 months old and 20 weeks corrected. The house is filled with lots of giggles. What a journey to finally get there and the many people that helped us 🤍
💙💙 E1 & E2 strong babies like their parents. Roomies 💙💙
❤️❤️❤️
Congratulations 🩵
Congratulations. Welcome to the world beautiful boys
Brave mom and strong babies ❤️❤️
Congratulations Happy Family. 🩵💙
Congratulations to you all 👏🫶👍👌. Great job Mum.✔️
Nice
Fantastic news they are home now. How old are they now? Gorgeous babies
So good to hear, the twins are now home, and doing well ! 😌
Super Mum 🦸♀️
Almost 10,000 surgeries are performed every year at TPCH but none of these would be possible without a team of highly trained anaesthetists. 💉😴
Dr Andrei who is originally from Russia has spent the last year at TPCH as a Staff Specialist in Anaesthetics.
"I've practiced in Russia, South Africa, now Australia, it’s very interesting to travel through different countries and systems, seeing environments I thought I'd never see in my life. I think I became a better anaesthetist due to the [Australian] training," said Dr Andrei.
"I prefer to work in orthopaedics and trauma, and this is a smaller hospital which is not as busy as the RBWH for example so it's a smaller department and I recognise and get to know people, there's lots of support.
"Although I am on general side of anaesthetics, I am attracted to the cardiac specialty and working in the cardiac centre is very interesting, the cardiac team has a lot of experience." 🫀
Join Dr Andrei and the TPCH Anaesthetics team by clicking the link in the comments to apply for a role today!
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What assets are our anaesthetist-techs! With out them, surgeries aren’t possible. Legendary Dr A 💪🏼
He is an awesome teacher and super friendly to students when I encountered him on my placement ☺️ very grateful
A great doctor👍
Great Andrei !
Congratulations, Dr Andrei! A great example of dedication, professionalism and lifelong learning. Wishing you continued success in Australia.
Great doctor!!!! Thank you for saving my daughter!!!
Thank you
What an advert.
Fantastic work Dr Andrei..you are a great asset, highly skilled as well as a helluva nice guy ! 💕
Wonderful story.
Great photo and story - you utterly deserve to be where you are in your Career. We don’t know anyone who has worked harder than you to reach their goals. Wonderful that you can enjoy your work - that is so rewarding!!
As sang George Michael: "Wake me up before you go go...".
I recognise that watch! Vostok, 1967 divers watch
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What do you do to ensure you do not remove medical care from people with a disability and threaten them with violence if they ask questions. I mean you do follow @Queensland Health policies on bashing disabled people right? Metro North Health @Metro South Health. Ohh they are no longer accepting public scrutiny I see. Wow QUeensland Health really are a pack of unethical cowards.
TPCH is a place no one wish to be admitted. Failed hospital
Meet Sue and Murji, two of the Central Messenger Service stars that keep mail moving smoothly through the RBWH. 💌📬
Between collecting and distributing letters and parcels and collecting pathology samples, the team are truly kept on their toes, covering 10–15km on foot each day!
#ShoutoutSaturday to the team at CMS ensuring all our mail gets to where it needs to go; signed, sealed and delivered. 📨
Awesome
Thank you for all your hard work.
My husband started work there in 1982.
What do you do to ensure you do not remove medical care from people with a disability and threaten them with violence if they ask questions. I mean you do follow @Queensland Health policies on bashing disabled people right? Metro North Health @Metro South Health. Ohh they are no longer accepting public scrutiny I see. Wow QUeensland Health really are a pack of unethical cowards.
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