Louise Oriti, Executive Director, Redcliffe Hospital

Heavy rain is expected to continue through today and possibly into tomorrow. This is causing flooding in our area, including around access roads to Redcliffe Hospital.

We have activated a code brown and our IMT met this morning to discuss the current situation.

While we have had some leaks in the hospital, the worst affected is the multistorey car park which has significant water through it. If you can, please park elsewhere.

Please drive to the conditions today and check the Moreton Bay Regional Council website for the list of local roads closed due to flooding. It is available here: Weather impacted roads – Moreton Bay Regional Council.

We will be postponing planned care for the next 24 hours. This will help minimise the number of people trying to get to our facilities and allow us to reallocate staffing to care for our inpatients and emergency presentations.

Our fever clinic is open today and expected to be open normal hours tomorrow.

We are continuing to work closely with the Metro North EOC, Moreton Bay Regional Council, and the Local Disaster Management Group.

With localised flooding and heavy rain, we expect many staff may have trouble getting to their usual workplace. If you can’t get to work, please let your line manager know as soon as possible.

We are currently working on a process for clinical staff who can’t get to Redcliffe Hospital over the next 24 hours to present at another Metro North hospital for their shift. The process will be in the Metro North Incident Controller message this afternoon.

Non-clinical staff who are able to work from home, please discuss with your line manager.

Please stay safe and thank you.

Louise Oriti
Executive Director
Redcliffe Hospital