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24 August 2026
Getting back to the basics of back pain
Researchers from RBWH are working to reduce the gap between common beliefs about low back pain and what evidence actually says.
News , Metro North , RBWH
21 August 2026
From Belgium to Brisbane
For Belgian doctors Catherine and Hendrik-Jan, Brisbane is the opportunity of a lifetime.
20 August 2026
RBWH nursing podcast celebrates 100 episodes of healthcare conversations
RBWH nursing podcast, Five Things, has reached a major milestone, celebrating 100 episodes of conversations with leading experts and helping healthcare professionals expand their knowledge across a range of topics.
News , Metro North , RBWH
19 August 2026
How injectable weight-loss medications can lead to nutritional deficiencies over time.
The growing popularity of injectable weight-loss medications has raised concerns about how a focus on losing weight could lead to nutritional deficiencies.
News , Metro North , RBWH
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Advanced Life Support – Level 1 Course
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.
Queensland Health Spirometry Training Program – The Prince Charles Hospital
The Spirometry training program provides clinicians with the skills, knowledge and specific competencies required to perform spirometry to international standards and Queensland Health guidelines.
Advanced Life Support – Level 1 Course
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.
Masks are an important defence against respiratory illness and protection from dust and other airborne hazards.Kallangur Satellite Health Centre
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KALLANGUR QLD 4503
Phone: (07) 3285 0000
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"We didn't know it was a heart attack at the time; I just collapsed and couldn't breathe and then my husband revived me which is a secret skill I didn't know he had. I was working about a month prior cleaning and detailing caravans, but I'm retired now. The episode happened the day before my 66th birthday, and it was a good birthday because I was alive. You've just got to enjoy every second of your life because I almost didn't have one. I'm looking forward to going back to my grandkids' rugby league and soccer games and have a "cuppa' with them."
💭 Monday Mantra, Cheryl, TPCH Cardiac Patient
Koorong Book Store has lovely mug for sale with the writing, 'Make Every day Count'. Matches your; " You've just got to enjoy every second of your life ......" All the best!
Wow how lucky and thank god for your Hubby 😊🙏
Best wishes and enjoy the grandchildren Cheryl. Hubby is a keeper clearly 😜
Wow how scary for you. Enjoy your life Cheryl ❤️
What a story Cheryl, I was in that very same ward!! I hope you’re feeling better!! Lucky your husband was able to bring you back! Stay well ❤️❤️
Get back to enjoy your second chance at life ❤️
OMG Was just asking Peter about you yesterday. Our thoughts are with you and wishing you a speedy recovery.😘
Enjoy your retirement Cheryl 🌻🤗🩷
In honour of her late nanna, TPCH Registered Nurse Maddy has recently returned from swimming the English Channel in just 10 hours and 26 minutes! 🏊❤️🩹
Maddy's desire to pursue nursing was born out of wanting to care her for nanna in her last years - with the swim an added dedication to her special relative, having undertaken the gruelling challenge on her late nanna's birthday.
"I stopped competitive swimming when I started nursing in 2021 just because it was quite hard to do shift work and do competitive swimming. So when my nanna passed away, I wanted to do something her for which was to swim the channel and also raise money for Dementia Australia," Maddy said.
"I had a window from the 21st to the 28th and her birthday was the 22nd. They were going to send me on the first day but decided the second day was looking way better - it was pretty special to do it this day.
"My nanna always wanted everyone around her to be a nurse as she wanted to be a nurse herself. I wanted to learn how to help my nanna with her Alzheimer's Disease because she had it for 20 years before she died at 94, it progressively got worse and I wanted to help her out as best I can."
#ShoutoutSaturday to Maddy and her dedication to helping her nanna, and others at TPCH.
Amazing 🤩
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Well done Maddy! What an amazing achievement.
Good on you, Nurse Maddy!
Good job beautiful young lady go well keep safe all nurses are valued.
Amazing!
Well done 🎉👏💐
Well done, what a fantastic achievement 👏
Go Maddy!! Make your Nana and TPCH proud!🥰💪💪💪❤️
Wooo go girl 🥰
Nice work Maddy! What an incredible achievement!
Nursing is the most rewarding work. Especially caring for a nana
🌟🌟🌟
Well done.
Well done!
Wow. Congratulations
World-first research being conducted at TPCH offers hope for earlier diagnosis of occupational lung diseases including silicosis. 🫁
Australia's first dedicated PExA (Particles in Exhaled Air) machine was funded by The Prince Charles Hospital Foundation through its Tradie Health Institute initiative.
Professor Dan Chambers, Senior Thoracic Physician and Head of Research at the Queensland Lung Transplant Service said this technology represents a significant change in what is possible for workers at risk.
“We’re trialling a new technology that can detect tiny particles from the deepest part of the lungs using a breath sample, and this could allow us to identify disease much earlier, before serious damage occurs," he said.
“Positioning Queensland at the forefront of global efforts to detect occupational lung disease earlier, more safely and more precisely than ever before, our research has the potential to reshape how these conditions are identified, monitored, treated, and ultimately prevented.
“What excites us is not just better diagnosis, but the possibility of earlier intervention. If we can identify disease at a much earlier stage, we have a real opportunity to change outcomes."
Great work Dr Chambers and many thanks for your support and guidance on my transplant journey. One year a couple of days ago.
Amazing work Prof Chambers.
The great man doing great things. Well done Prof Chambers.
Fabulous Dr and man
Congrats Dan!
Lenore Bufi, pity it’s too late for your mum xx
To the Drs that saved my wife's life after she presented with 3rd degree full depth burns incurred during a colonoscopy at maryborough hospital thanks again ,but as you know it has been covered up with an" in house investigation " that states " a helper lent on her during the procedure trapping heat between his hand a blanket and her breast" of coarse we all no that is laughable and science free especially when they add " the helper doesn't recall doing so or experiencing any heat " .(google Bovie Burn ) But now as it is being noted there are multiple colonoscopy patients in Wide Bay hospitals that have suffered severe electrical burns during colonoscopies, WHY ARENT YOU DRS IN THE BURNS UNIT JUMPING UP AND DOWN DEMANDING A REVIEW OF CLINICAL PROCEDURES IN WIDE BAY COLORECTAL UNITS? Inaction can be seen as complicity . Thanks again Dr Brown Dr Betar and Dr Miller who consulted. Oh and Dr Brown you were right my wife did incur heart damage ,with recently noted " cold area necrosis" on the bottom of the heart .
TPCH Children's ward nurse Melissa loves to get her adrenalin pumping in her spare time, enjoying BMX riding, where she recently competed at the world championships held in Brisbane. 🚵🏁
After Melissa's husband, son and daughter all joined the sport, she decided to follow suit and make it a family affair and has now been competing for the last eight years.
"I just love the social aspect of it. I've had a fair few injuries so it's a bit gnarly but so fun," Melissa said.
"I actually really wanted to be a physio and started in nursing to then cross over into physio but at 18 I was apparently classified as a mature age student, and couldn't cross over, so continued with nursing.
"My teacher just happened to get me onto the paediatric ward for a day, and I just loved it and said if I'm doing nursing, this is what I've got to do. I've always thought if I can make a kid smile, then I've done my job today!"
👏#ShoutoutSaturday to Melissa and her double life as a BMX champ and paediatric nurse legend!
How bloody awesome congratulations
Well done Mel 🙌🏻
Great job, Melissa!
Well done Melissa 👏 We can also vouch first hand for you being a fabulous Paediatric Nurse 🥰
What a star ⭐️ 🙌🏻 ❤️
Freaking awesome
Well done 👏
Melissa you are amazing!!!
Heck yeah Melissa 🤘
Absolute legend on and off the track 🔥
Woohoooo!!! Go Missy!!!! Such an inspiration
That’s awesome 🤩
Love this. Xx
A most excellent human being 🤩
Definitely 💯% a champion. 🤗
What a champion!
Yeah Mel!!!
Yay that's our Mel! You go girl!!! 🥰🥰
You’re amazing Melissa 🩷🩷🩷
🙌🏆
Go TPCH!!
Yes Mel 💪🏼 you’re a legend!
Go Melissa Graham 💜💜💜
"Nine years ago, I failed a medical so within two weeks I got a pacemaker and was defibbed a couple of times throughout the years. I slowly started to go downhill in five years with cardiomyopathy and started coming to Brisbane in 2022 for treatment. I worked up to transplant and qualified, they've got to match things like size, and need to match a certain blood type, and so I received my transplant recently. I spent four days in ICU. All the staff have been awesome; it's like a little family here. We own a transport company so hoping to get my truck licence back and get back to some travel, I really want to go to Tasmania."
💭 Monday Mantra, Wayne, TPCH Ward 1B Patient
TPCH is a wonderful hospital they save so many people. My son received the best medical treatment available in the modern world. Truly wonderful outcome he is back on his feet and doing very well.
Wow, you have done well
Best wishes for a speedy recovery and travels ahead 😊
Glad all went well with the transplant and I’m sure you will go to Tasmania. Thinking of you and the family.
All the best mate
Looking great Wayne, you have been in our thoughts, you and your family, back on the road in no time. It is wonderful that you received this gift. Take care
I hope you get a k on your feet soon and get that trip to Tassie .one of the nicestplzces in 5he world to visit. So much to see so peaceful and the food and people are the best.
Good to see you looking so well Wayne, speedy recovery so you can get back to doing what you love with your lovely family. ❤️
Good luck hope you get your wish
You will definitely get to Tassie Wayne.
All the best with your recovery and your plans to get to Tasmania.
Woohoo goo Wayne!
Yes they are awesome people
Best of luck Wayne
Good luck you will get to Tasmania! ❤️💜
Be patient, with yourself. All will be good 👍
All the best with your recovery.Hope you get to see how beautiful Tasmania is
RBWH is the best
With around 15,000 Australian’s diagnosed and 9,000 lives lost each year, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in Australia. 🫁
Thanks to funding from the Australia Cancer Research Foundation and the University of Queensland, the Lung Cancer Screening Centre of Excellence (LUSCE, pronounced Lucy!) will service rural and remote communities, providing early detection to save lives.
To access this service, you can join the Australian Lung Screen Trial via the link below and be in the know when LUSCE is coming to town near you. 💜🚑
metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/TPCH/australianlungscreentrial
Thankyou Dr Fong and your amazing team, forever building a healthier qld. Particularly for regional communities.👏🏻
Good initiative Where we can find out location and timetable?
What an amazing achievement to have to get this almost on the road! Great work team 🎉👏
Absolutely wonderful to see ♥️
Excellent work team!
Won’t go past proceed.
Latest news
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Masks are an important defence against respiratory illness and protection from dust and other airborne hazards.
/ MetroNorthHHS
"We didn't know it was a heart attack at the time; I just collapsed and couldn't breathe and then my husband revived me which is a secret skill I didn't know he had. I was working about a month prior cleaning and detailing caravans, but I'm retired now. The episode happened the day before my 66th birthday, and it was a good birthday because I was alive. You've just got to enjoy every second of your life because I almost didn't have one. I'm looking forward to going back to my grandkids' rugby league and soccer games and have a "cuppa' with them."
💭 Monday Mantra, Cheryl, TPCH Cardiac Patient
Koorong Book Store has lovely mug for sale with the writing, 'Make Every day Count'. Matches your; " You've just got to enjoy every second of your life ......" All the best!
Wow how lucky and thank god for your Hubby 😊🙏
Best wishes and enjoy the grandchildren Cheryl. Hubby is a keeper clearly 😜
Wow how scary for you. Enjoy your life Cheryl ❤️
What a story Cheryl, I was in that very same ward!! I hope you’re feeling better!! Lucky your husband was able to bring you back! Stay well ❤️❤️
Get back to enjoy your second chance at life ❤️
OMG Was just asking Peter about you yesterday. Our thoughts are with you and wishing you a speedy recovery.😘
Enjoy your retirement Cheryl 🌻🤗🩷
In honour of her late nanna, TPCH Registered Nurse Maddy has recently returned from swimming the English Channel in just 10 hours and 26 minutes! 🏊❤️🩹
Maddy's desire to pursue nursing was born out of wanting to care her for nanna in her last years - with the swim an added dedication to her special relative, having undertaken the gruelling challenge on her late nanna's birthday.
"I stopped competitive swimming when I started nursing in 2021 just because it was quite hard to do shift work and do competitive swimming. So when my nanna passed away, I wanted to do something her for which was to swim the channel and also raise money for Dementia Australia," Maddy said.
"I had a window from the 21st to the 28th and her birthday was the 22nd. They were going to send me on the first day but decided the second day was looking way better - it was pretty special to do it this day.
"My nanna always wanted everyone around her to be a nurse as she wanted to be a nurse herself. I wanted to learn how to help my nanna with her Alzheimer's Disease because she had it for 20 years before she died at 94, it progressively got worse and I wanted to help her out as best I can."
#ShoutoutSaturday to Maddy and her dedication to helping her nanna, and others at TPCH.
Amazing 🤩
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Well done Maddy! What an amazing achievement.
Good on you, Nurse Maddy!
Good job beautiful young lady go well keep safe all nurses are valued.
Amazing!
Well done 🎉👏💐
Well done, what a fantastic achievement 👏
Go Maddy!! Make your Nana and TPCH proud!🥰💪💪💪❤️
Wooo go girl 🥰
Nice work Maddy! What an incredible achievement!
Nursing is the most rewarding work. Especially caring for a nana
🌟🌟🌟
Well done.
Well done!
Wow. Congratulations
World-first research being conducted at TPCH offers hope for earlier diagnosis of occupational lung diseases including silicosis. 🫁
Australia's first dedicated PExA (Particles in Exhaled Air) machine was funded by The Prince Charles Hospital Foundation through its Tradie Health Institute initiative.
Professor Dan Chambers, Senior Thoracic Physician and Head of Research at the Queensland Lung Transplant Service said this technology represents a significant change in what is possible for workers at risk.
“We’re trialling a new technology that can detect tiny particles from the deepest part of the lungs using a breath sample, and this could allow us to identify disease much earlier, before serious damage occurs," he said.
“Positioning Queensland at the forefront of global efforts to detect occupational lung disease earlier, more safely and more precisely than ever before, our research has the potential to reshape how these conditions are identified, monitored, treated, and ultimately prevented.
“What excites us is not just better diagnosis, but the possibility of earlier intervention. If we can identify disease at a much earlier stage, we have a real opportunity to change outcomes."
Great work Dr Chambers and many thanks for your support and guidance on my transplant journey. One year a couple of days ago.
Amazing work Prof Chambers.
The great man doing great things. Well done Prof Chambers.
Fabulous Dr and man
Congrats Dan!
Lenore Bufi, pity it’s too late for your mum xx
To the Drs that saved my wife's life after she presented with 3rd degree full depth burns incurred during a colonoscopy at maryborough hospital thanks again ,but as you know it has been covered up with an" in house investigation " that states " a helper lent on her during the procedure trapping heat between his hand a blanket and her breast" of coarse we all no that is laughable and science free especially when they add " the helper doesn't recall doing so or experiencing any heat " .(google Bovie Burn ) But now as it is being noted there are multiple colonoscopy patients in Wide Bay hospitals that have suffered severe electrical burns during colonoscopies, WHY ARENT YOU DRS IN THE BURNS UNIT JUMPING UP AND DOWN DEMANDING A REVIEW OF CLINICAL PROCEDURES IN WIDE BAY COLORECTAL UNITS? Inaction can be seen as complicity . Thanks again Dr Brown Dr Betar and Dr Miller who consulted. Oh and Dr Brown you were right my wife did incur heart damage ,with recently noted " cold area necrosis" on the bottom of the heart .
TPCH Children's ward nurse Melissa loves to get her adrenalin pumping in her spare time, enjoying BMX riding, where she recently competed at the world championships held in Brisbane. 🚵🏁
After Melissa's husband, son and daughter all joined the sport, she decided to follow suit and make it a family affair and has now been competing for the last eight years.
"I just love the social aspect of it. I've had a fair few injuries so it's a bit gnarly but so fun," Melissa said.
"I actually really wanted to be a physio and started in nursing to then cross over into physio but at 18 I was apparently classified as a mature age student, and couldn't cross over, so continued with nursing.
"My teacher just happened to get me onto the paediatric ward for a day, and I just loved it and said if I'm doing nursing, this is what I've got to do. I've always thought if I can make a kid smile, then I've done my job today!"
👏#ShoutoutSaturday to Melissa and her double life as a BMX champ and paediatric nurse legend!
How bloody awesome congratulations
Well done Mel 🙌🏻
Great job, Melissa!
Well done Melissa 👏 We can also vouch first hand for you being a fabulous Paediatric Nurse 🥰
What a star ⭐️ 🙌🏻 ❤️
Freaking awesome
Well done 👏
Melissa you are amazing!!!
Heck yeah Melissa 🤘
Absolute legend on and off the track 🔥
Woohoooo!!! Go Missy!!!! Such an inspiration
That’s awesome 🤩
Love this. Xx
A most excellent human being 🤩
Definitely 💯% a champion. 🤗
What a champion!
Yeah Mel!!!
Yay that's our Mel! You go girl!!! 🥰🥰
You’re amazing Melissa 🩷🩷🩷
🙌🏆
Go TPCH!!
Yes Mel 💪🏼 you’re a legend!
Go Melissa Graham 💜💜💜
"Nine years ago, I failed a medical so within two weeks I got a pacemaker and was defibbed a couple of times throughout the years. I slowly started to go downhill in five years with cardiomyopathy and started coming to Brisbane in 2022 for treatment. I worked up to transplant and qualified, they've got to match things like size, and need to match a certain blood type, and so I received my transplant recently. I spent four days in ICU. All the staff have been awesome; it's like a little family here. We own a transport company so hoping to get my truck licence back and get back to some travel, I really want to go to Tasmania."
💭 Monday Mantra, Wayne, TPCH Ward 1B Patient
TPCH is a wonderful hospital they save so many people. My son received the best medical treatment available in the modern world. Truly wonderful outcome he is back on his feet and doing very well.
Wow, you have done well
Best wishes for a speedy recovery and travels ahead 😊
Glad all went well with the transplant and I’m sure you will go to Tasmania. Thinking of you and the family.
All the best mate
Looking great Wayne, you have been in our thoughts, you and your family, back on the road in no time. It is wonderful that you received this gift. Take care
I hope you get a k on your feet soon and get that trip to Tassie .one of the nicestplzces in 5he world to visit. So much to see so peaceful and the food and people are the best.
Good to see you looking so well Wayne, speedy recovery so you can get back to doing what you love with your lovely family. ❤️
Good luck hope you get your wish
You will definitely get to Tassie Wayne.
All the best with your recovery and your plans to get to Tasmania.
Woohoo goo Wayne!
Yes they are awesome people
Best of luck Wayne
Good luck you will get to Tasmania! ❤️💜
Be patient, with yourself. All will be good 👍
All the best with your recovery.Hope you get to see how beautiful Tasmania is
RBWH is the best
With around 15,000 Australian’s diagnosed and 9,000 lives lost each year, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in Australia. 🫁
Thanks to funding from the Australia Cancer Research Foundation and the University of Queensland, the Lung Cancer Screening Centre of Excellence (LUSCE, pronounced Lucy!) will service rural and remote communities, providing early detection to save lives.
To access this service, you can join the Australian Lung Screen Trial via the link below and be in the know when LUSCE is coming to town near you. 💜🚑
metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/TPCH/australianlungscreentrial
Thankyou Dr Fong and your amazing team, forever building a healthier qld. Particularly for regional communities.👏🏻
Good initiative Where we can find out location and timetable?
What an amazing achievement to have to get this almost on the road! Great work team 🎉👏
Absolutely wonderful to see ♥️
Excellent work team!
Won’t go past proceed.
Masks are an important defence against respiratory illness and protection from dust and other airborne hazards.Latest news
Events
/ MetroNorthHHS
"We didn't know it was a heart attack at the time; I just collapsed and couldn't breathe and then my husband revived me which is a secret skill I didn't know he had. I was working about a month prior cleaning and detailing caravans, but I'm retired now. The episode happened the day before my 66th birthday, and it was a good birthday because I was alive. You've just got to enjoy every second of your life because I almost didn't have one. I'm looking forward to going back to my grandkids' rugby league and soccer games and have a "cuppa' with them."
💭 Monday Mantra, Cheryl, TPCH Cardiac Patient
Koorong Book Store has lovely mug for sale with the writing, 'Make Every day Count'. Matches your; " You've just got to enjoy every second of your life ......" All the best!
Wow how lucky and thank god for your Hubby 😊🙏
Best wishes and enjoy the grandchildren Cheryl. Hubby is a keeper clearly 😜
Wow how scary for you. Enjoy your life Cheryl ❤️
What a story Cheryl, I was in that very same ward!! I hope you’re feeling better!! Lucky your husband was able to bring you back! Stay well ❤️❤️
Get back to enjoy your second chance at life ❤️
OMG Was just asking Peter about you yesterday. Our thoughts are with you and wishing you a speedy recovery.😘
Enjoy your retirement Cheryl 🌻🤗🩷
In honour of her late nanna, TPCH Registered Nurse Maddy has recently returned from swimming the English Channel in just 10 hours and 26 minutes! 🏊❤️🩹
Maddy's desire to pursue nursing was born out of wanting to care her for nanna in her last years - with the swim an added dedication to her special relative, having undertaken the gruelling challenge on her late nanna's birthday.
"I stopped competitive swimming when I started nursing in 2021 just because it was quite hard to do shift work and do competitive swimming. So when my nanna passed away, I wanted to do something her for which was to swim the channel and also raise money for Dementia Australia," Maddy said.
"I had a window from the 21st to the 28th and her birthday was the 22nd. They were going to send me on the first day but decided the second day was looking way better - it was pretty special to do it this day.
"My nanna always wanted everyone around her to be a nurse as she wanted to be a nurse herself. I wanted to learn how to help my nanna with her Alzheimer's Disease because she had it for 20 years before she died at 94, it progressively got worse and I wanted to help her out as best I can."
#ShoutoutSaturday to Maddy and her dedication to helping her nanna, and others at TPCH.
Amazing 🤩
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Well done Maddy! What an amazing achievement.
Good on you, Nurse Maddy!
Good job beautiful young lady go well keep safe all nurses are valued.
Amazing!
Well done 🎉👏💐
Well done, what a fantastic achievement 👏
Go Maddy!! Make your Nana and TPCH proud!🥰💪💪💪❤️
Wooo go girl 🥰
Nice work Maddy! What an incredible achievement!
Nursing is the most rewarding work. Especially caring for a nana
🌟🌟🌟
Well done.
Well done!
Wow. Congratulations
World-first research being conducted at TPCH offers hope for earlier diagnosis of occupational lung diseases including silicosis. 🫁
Australia's first dedicated PExA (Particles in Exhaled Air) machine was funded by The Prince Charles Hospital Foundation through its Tradie Health Institute initiative.
Professor Dan Chambers, Senior Thoracic Physician and Head of Research at the Queensland Lung Transplant Service said this technology represents a significant change in what is possible for workers at risk.
“We’re trialling a new technology that can detect tiny particles from the deepest part of the lungs using a breath sample, and this could allow us to identify disease much earlier, before serious damage occurs," he said.
“Positioning Queensland at the forefront of global efforts to detect occupational lung disease earlier, more safely and more precisely than ever before, our research has the potential to reshape how these conditions are identified, monitored, treated, and ultimately prevented.
“What excites us is not just better diagnosis, but the possibility of earlier intervention. If we can identify disease at a much earlier stage, we have a real opportunity to change outcomes."
Great work Dr Chambers and many thanks for your support and guidance on my transplant journey. One year a couple of days ago.
Amazing work Prof Chambers.
The great man doing great things. Well done Prof Chambers.
Fabulous Dr and man
Congrats Dan!
Lenore Bufi, pity it’s too late for your mum xx
To the Drs that saved my wife's life after she presented with 3rd degree full depth burns incurred during a colonoscopy at maryborough hospital thanks again ,but as you know it has been covered up with an" in house investigation " that states " a helper lent on her during the procedure trapping heat between his hand a blanket and her breast" of coarse we all no that is laughable and science free especially when they add " the helper doesn't recall doing so or experiencing any heat " .(google Bovie Burn ) But now as it is being noted there are multiple colonoscopy patients in Wide Bay hospitals that have suffered severe electrical burns during colonoscopies, WHY ARENT YOU DRS IN THE BURNS UNIT JUMPING UP AND DOWN DEMANDING A REVIEW OF CLINICAL PROCEDURES IN WIDE BAY COLORECTAL UNITS? Inaction can be seen as complicity . Thanks again Dr Brown Dr Betar and Dr Miller who consulted. Oh and Dr Brown you were right my wife did incur heart damage ,with recently noted " cold area necrosis" on the bottom of the heart .
TPCH Children's ward nurse Melissa loves to get her adrenalin pumping in her spare time, enjoying BMX riding, where she recently competed at the world championships held in Brisbane. 🚵🏁
After Melissa's husband, son and daughter all joined the sport, she decided to follow suit and make it a family affair and has now been competing for the last eight years.
"I just love the social aspect of it. I've had a fair few injuries so it's a bit gnarly but so fun," Melissa said.
"I actually really wanted to be a physio and started in nursing to then cross over into physio but at 18 I was apparently classified as a mature age student, and couldn't cross over, so continued with nursing.
"My teacher just happened to get me onto the paediatric ward for a day, and I just loved it and said if I'm doing nursing, this is what I've got to do. I've always thought if I can make a kid smile, then I've done my job today!"
👏#ShoutoutSaturday to Melissa and her double life as a BMX champ and paediatric nurse legend!
How bloody awesome congratulations
Well done Mel 🙌🏻
Great job, Melissa!
Well done Melissa 👏 We can also vouch first hand for you being a fabulous Paediatric Nurse 🥰
What a star ⭐️ 🙌🏻 ❤️
Freaking awesome
Well done 👏
Melissa you are amazing!!!
Heck yeah Melissa 🤘
Absolute legend on and off the track 🔥
Woohoooo!!! Go Missy!!!! Such an inspiration
That’s awesome 🤩
Love this. Xx
A most excellent human being 🤩
Definitely 💯% a champion. 🤗
What a champion!
Yeah Mel!!!
Yay that's our Mel! You go girl!!! 🥰🥰
You’re amazing Melissa 🩷🩷🩷
🙌🏆
Go TPCH!!
Yes Mel 💪🏼 you’re a legend!
Go Melissa Graham 💜💜💜
"Nine years ago, I failed a medical so within two weeks I got a pacemaker and was defibbed a couple of times throughout the years. I slowly started to go downhill in five years with cardiomyopathy and started coming to Brisbane in 2022 for treatment. I worked up to transplant and qualified, they've got to match things like size, and need to match a certain blood type, and so I received my transplant recently. I spent four days in ICU. All the staff have been awesome; it's like a little family here. We own a transport company so hoping to get my truck licence back and get back to some travel, I really want to go to Tasmania."
💭 Monday Mantra, Wayne, TPCH Ward 1B Patient
TPCH is a wonderful hospital they save so many people. My son received the best medical treatment available in the modern world. Truly wonderful outcome he is back on his feet and doing very well.
Wow, you have done well
Best wishes for a speedy recovery and travels ahead 😊
Glad all went well with the transplant and I’m sure you will go to Tasmania. Thinking of you and the family.
All the best mate
Looking great Wayne, you have been in our thoughts, you and your family, back on the road in no time. It is wonderful that you received this gift. Take care
I hope you get a k on your feet soon and get that trip to Tassie .one of the nicestplzces in 5he world to visit. So much to see so peaceful and the food and people are the best.
Good to see you looking so well Wayne, speedy recovery so you can get back to doing what you love with your lovely family. ❤️
Good luck hope you get your wish
You will definitely get to Tassie Wayne.
All the best with your recovery and your plans to get to Tasmania.
Woohoo goo Wayne!
Yes they are awesome people
Best of luck Wayne
Good luck you will get to Tasmania! ❤️💜
Be patient, with yourself. All will be good 👍
All the best with your recovery.Hope you get to see how beautiful Tasmania is
RBWH is the best
With around 15,000 Australian’s diagnosed and 9,000 lives lost each year, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in Australia. 🫁
Thanks to funding from the Australia Cancer Research Foundation and the University of Queensland, the Lung Cancer Screening Centre of Excellence (LUSCE, pronounced Lucy!) will service rural and remote communities, providing early detection to save lives.
To access this service, you can join the Australian Lung Screen Trial via the link below and be in the know when LUSCE is coming to town near you. 💜🚑
metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/TPCH/australianlungscreentrial
Thankyou Dr Fong and your amazing team, forever building a healthier qld. Particularly for regional communities.👏🏻
Good initiative Where we can find out location and timetable?
What an amazing achievement to have to get this almost on the road! Great work team 🎉👏
Absolutely wonderful to see ♥️
Excellent work team!
Won’t go past proceed.
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