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Australia’s first female triple transplant patient celebrates 20 years since lifesaving surgery
Twenty years ago Lucinda Simpson became the first Australian woman to have a lifesaving triple organ transplant, and a living heart donor.
Preventing falls this festive season
Prevent slips, trips and falls this festive season with the RBWH Trauma Service.
Don’t let the ham get you this Christmas!
Each year over the festive season, the Metro North Health Public Health Unit sees an uptick in notifications of gastro bugs like Salmonella and Campylobacter.
Events
Allied Health Research Symposium
Date: 17 February 2026
Time: 8:00am-4:00pm
Venue: Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Education Centre, Herston, Queensland, 4029
Metro North Health and Metro South Health are pleased to invite you to its second Allied Health Research Symposium.
Advanced Life Support - Level 2
Date: 19 – 20 February 2026
Time: TBC
Venue: The Prince Charles Hospital
2-day course focusing on developing advanced skills in managing the deteriorating patient and cardiac arrest
Advanced Life Support - Level 1 Course
Date: 11 March 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.
Masks are an important defence against respiratory illness and protection from dust and other airborne hazards.Kallangur Satellite Hospital
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KALLANGUR QLD 4503
Phone: (07) 3285 0000
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Imagine going to bed at night and waking up the next morning not being able to hear? 👂🧏
Metro North Clinical Nurse Consultant Jane has been a nurse for 23 years, and has worked as a McGrath Foundation nurse, supporting breast cancer patients at RBWH and TPCH.
However, Jane was unaware she was about to face a significant personal challenge of her own.
“I lost my hearing in my left ear nearly two years ago, so my disability is very new,” Jane said.
“When I returned to work, post cochlear surgery, no one really knew how to help me, including me,” Jane said.
“I want to help raise awareness, so everyone has disability at the forefront of their thinking in all aspects of work and life, and I think Metro North ENABLE will be the way forward.”
ENABLE, which stands for Employees Navigating Access, Barriers, Leadership, and Equity is an opportunity to affirm and amplify voices, experiences and leadership of staff with disability and their supporters. Learn more about it via our newsroom story here - metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/news/cnc-jane-lushington
Queensland Health and Metro North Health based on the comments, sounds like a great opportunity for all health care workers to learn about Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss - and how early intervention may assist with prognosis. 🙌🏼
How traumatic for you Jane... but you are amazing Nurse and a great work colleague
Im a RN too with cochlear implants in both ears. Working with a hearing loss is hard! If you have any questions feel free to shoot me a message.
Jane is such an amazing person and nurse ❤️❤️
Yeap I lost hearing in left ear after a big brain injury.
Wow Jane so sorry to learn about your surgery etc. Good for you to move forward and promote this awareness in the workplace. ❤️
I’m an RN and I became deaf in 1 ear overnight too! That was 18m ago. It’s bloody hard. Nurses stations are LOUD.
I had the same experience but it was March 2020. Covid meant I couldn’t get in to see anyone. Some of the treatment options had closed. Had my cochlear surgery November 2020 and yes it’s hard. Good on you for advocating for yourself and others. Good luck
Amazing lady 🌺
Jane, you are a dead set legend and an inspiration for your perseverance! 🙏🏼
Aww you are such an inspiration lovely lady 💞💞
Such incredible courage on a challenging journey ❤️
Mines my Right ear and had my Cochlear surgery May 2023. Would love to learn sign language
🥳🙏
Miss Jane, you have been a champion adapting, you should be so proud 🩷🩷
such an inspiration & amazing human ❤️
You are the best Jane!! ❤️
Brilliant - Open Access for All
Did you get your surgery with Qhealth ?
Was it stress related your ear loss?
My mom was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2019. It spread to her lungs and liver. The pain she felt was unbearable and this affected my family.She was on gemcitabine,capecitabine Vitamin C nd Collagen supplements but to no avail. If not for the help of Herbalist Eugene who used his herbal medicine to cure her, she would be deceased by now. I recommend everyone to use it. 👇👇 www.facebook.com/herbalist-eugene-937568042773883
Celebrating 20 years since her heart, double lung and liver transplant at TPCH, Lucinda has not only defied the odds with her health, but she continues to rewrite the record books with every new accomplishment.
Taking hundreds of tablets a week, attending 55 clinical appointments every year and meeting with the transplant team every 12 weeks would be a challenge for most of us, but for Lucinda it's simply an acknowledgement of the gift of life she was given all those years ago.
"Normal life is the important stuff," shares Lucinda.
"I've been really lucky to have all the same people looking after me from the beginning."
"I'm still seeing the same head doctor and the same physio and pharmacists, we're so close that they feel like family."
To learn more about Lucinda's remarkable journey, check out the Newsroom story via the link in the comments 👇
You are a true warrior, Lucinda 🙏
Wow! You are an inspiration Lucinda
What an inspiration! Her spirit is truly something to be proud of
Well done very important to have the same team works for me aswell #Donatelife🥰
Wow ! I hope you have a healthy, happy and wonderful 2026. 🥰
You forgot to add hundreds of blood tests . Anti- rejection drug cyclosporine needs to be monitored closely to maintain blood levels at a safe level.
Outstanding.
It’s that funny time of year when we aren’t really sure what day it is, but for our wonderful nurses it’s just another day in the festive season! 🫣🎁
While many of us debate if it’s Wednesday or Saturday (it’s actually Sunday FYI!) we do still have appointments running at many facilities, including at the Day Unit Investigation and Therapy Unit at TPCH where NUM Sarah with nurses Lachlan and Stephanie are ‘holding down the fort!’
📲 “If you get a call from No Caller ID and you have an appointment at this time of year, there’s a chance that it could be us calling," shares Sarah.
“We are open across the festive season every day except public holidays for all of your therapies and procedures.”
"If you need to reschedule, we are here to help - let us know if you can't make it. 🤳
Yup and Matron^tm will have them all sorted. I have complete conidence! 😉
You are champions. Happy New Year to staff at RBWH and STARS
Great team 👏
Merry Christmas guys!
Merry xmas team and thank you.
Thanks for working over the festive season. 🥳
The A team keeping the show running! Merry christmas and Thankyou!
Lachlan McKay Stephanie McKay-Parry internet famous ❤️
Latest news
Choose the healthcare option that’s right for you
In addition to hospital emergency departments, you can access healthcare advice and treatment close to home, or even without leaving the house!
Australia’s first female triple transplant patient celebrates 20 years since lifesaving surgery
Twenty years ago Lucinda Simpson became the first Australian woman to have a lifesaving triple organ transplant, and a living heart donor.
Events
Allied Health Research Symposium
Date: 17 February 2026
Time: 8:00am-4:00pm
Venue: Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Education Centre, Herston, Queensland, 4029
Metro North Health and Metro South Health are pleased to invite you to its second Allied Health Research Symposium.
Masks are an important defence against respiratory illness and protection from dust and other airborne hazards.
/ MetroNorthHHS
Imagine going to bed at night and waking up the next morning not being able to hear? 👂🧏
Metro North Clinical Nurse Consultant Jane has been a nurse for 23 years, and has worked as a McGrath Foundation nurse, supporting breast cancer patients at RBWH and TPCH.
However, Jane was unaware she was about to face a significant personal challenge of her own.
“I lost my hearing in my left ear nearly two years ago, so my disability is very new,” Jane said.
“When I returned to work, post cochlear surgery, no one really knew how to help me, including me,” Jane said.
“I want to help raise awareness, so everyone has disability at the forefront of their thinking in all aspects of work and life, and I think Metro North ENABLE will be the way forward.”
ENABLE, which stands for Employees Navigating Access, Barriers, Leadership, and Equity is an opportunity to affirm and amplify voices, experiences and leadership of staff with disability and their supporters. Learn more about it via our newsroom story here - metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/news/cnc-jane-lushington
Queensland Health and Metro North Health based on the comments, sounds like a great opportunity for all health care workers to learn about Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss - and how early intervention may assist with prognosis. 🙌🏼
How traumatic for you Jane... but you are amazing Nurse and a great work colleague
Im a RN too with cochlear implants in both ears. Working with a hearing loss is hard! If you have any questions feel free to shoot me a message.
Jane is such an amazing person and nurse ❤️❤️
Yeap I lost hearing in left ear after a big brain injury.
Wow Jane so sorry to learn about your surgery etc. Good for you to move forward and promote this awareness in the workplace. ❤️
I’m an RN and I became deaf in 1 ear overnight too! That was 18m ago. It’s bloody hard. Nurses stations are LOUD.
I had the same experience but it was March 2020. Covid meant I couldn’t get in to see anyone. Some of the treatment options had closed. Had my cochlear surgery November 2020 and yes it’s hard. Good on you for advocating for yourself and others. Good luck
Amazing lady 🌺
Jane, you are a dead set legend and an inspiration for your perseverance! 🙏🏼
Aww you are such an inspiration lovely lady 💞💞
Such incredible courage on a challenging journey ❤️
Mines my Right ear and had my Cochlear surgery May 2023. Would love to learn sign language
🥳🙏
Miss Jane, you have been a champion adapting, you should be so proud 🩷🩷
such an inspiration & amazing human ❤️
You are the best Jane!! ❤️
Brilliant - Open Access for All
Did you get your surgery with Qhealth ?
Was it stress related your ear loss?
My mom was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2019. It spread to her lungs and liver. The pain she felt was unbearable and this affected my family.She was on gemcitabine,capecitabine Vitamin C nd Collagen supplements but to no avail. If not for the help of Herbalist Eugene who used his herbal medicine to cure her, she would be deceased by now. I recommend everyone to use it. 👇👇 www.facebook.com/herbalist-eugene-937568042773883
Celebrating 20 years since her heart, double lung and liver transplant at TPCH, Lucinda has not only defied the odds with her health, but she continues to rewrite the record books with every new accomplishment.
Taking hundreds of tablets a week, attending 55 clinical appointments every year and meeting with the transplant team every 12 weeks would be a challenge for most of us, but for Lucinda it's simply an acknowledgement of the gift of life she was given all those years ago.
"Normal life is the important stuff," shares Lucinda.
"I've been really lucky to have all the same people looking after me from the beginning."
"I'm still seeing the same head doctor and the same physio and pharmacists, we're so close that they feel like family."
To learn more about Lucinda's remarkable journey, check out the Newsroom story via the link in the comments 👇
You are a true warrior, Lucinda 🙏
Wow! You are an inspiration Lucinda
What an inspiration! Her spirit is truly something to be proud of
Well done very important to have the same team works for me aswell #Donatelife🥰
Wow ! I hope you have a healthy, happy and wonderful 2026. 🥰
You forgot to add hundreds of blood tests . Anti- rejection drug cyclosporine needs to be monitored closely to maintain blood levels at a safe level.
Outstanding.
It’s that funny time of year when we aren’t really sure what day it is, but for our wonderful nurses it’s just another day in the festive season! 🫣🎁
While many of us debate if it’s Wednesday or Saturday (it’s actually Sunday FYI!) we do still have appointments running at many facilities, including at the Day Unit Investigation and Therapy Unit at TPCH where NUM Sarah with nurses Lachlan and Stephanie are ‘holding down the fort!’
📲 “If you get a call from No Caller ID and you have an appointment at this time of year, there’s a chance that it could be us calling," shares Sarah.
“We are open across the festive season every day except public holidays for all of your therapies and procedures.”
"If you need to reschedule, we are here to help - let us know if you can't make it. 🤳
Yup and Matron^tm will have them all sorted. I have complete conidence! 😉
You are champions. Happy New Year to staff at RBWH and STARS
Great team 👏
Merry Christmas guys!
Merry xmas team and thank you.
Thanks for working over the festive season. 🥳
The A team keeping the show running! Merry christmas and Thankyou!
Lachlan McKay Stephanie McKay-Parry internet famous ❤️
Masks are an important defence against respiratory illness and protection from dust and other airborne hazards.Latest news
Choose the healthcare option that’s right for you
In addition to hospital emergency departments, you can access healthcare advice and treatment close to home, or even without leaving the house!
Events
Allied Health Research Symposium
Date: 17 February 2026
Time: 8:00am-4:00pm
Venue: Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Education Centre, Herston, Queensland, 4029
Metro North Health and Metro South Health are pleased to invite you to its second Allied Health Research Symposium.
/ MetroNorthHHS
Imagine going to bed at night and waking up the next morning not being able to hear? 👂🧏
Metro North Clinical Nurse Consultant Jane has been a nurse for 23 years, and has worked as a McGrath Foundation nurse, supporting breast cancer patients at RBWH and TPCH.
However, Jane was unaware she was about to face a significant personal challenge of her own.
“I lost my hearing in my left ear nearly two years ago, so my disability is very new,” Jane said.
“When I returned to work, post cochlear surgery, no one really knew how to help me, including me,” Jane said.
“I want to help raise awareness, so everyone has disability at the forefront of their thinking in all aspects of work and life, and I think Metro North ENABLE will be the way forward.”
ENABLE, which stands for Employees Navigating Access, Barriers, Leadership, and Equity is an opportunity to affirm and amplify voices, experiences and leadership of staff with disability and their supporters. Learn more about it via our newsroom story here - metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/news/cnc-jane-lushington
Queensland Health and Metro North Health based on the comments, sounds like a great opportunity for all health care workers to learn about Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss - and how early intervention may assist with prognosis. 🙌🏼
How traumatic for you Jane... but you are amazing Nurse and a great work colleague
Im a RN too with cochlear implants in both ears. Working with a hearing loss is hard! If you have any questions feel free to shoot me a message.
Jane is such an amazing person and nurse ❤️❤️
Yeap I lost hearing in left ear after a big brain injury.
Wow Jane so sorry to learn about your surgery etc. Good for you to move forward and promote this awareness in the workplace. ❤️
I’m an RN and I became deaf in 1 ear overnight too! That was 18m ago. It’s bloody hard. Nurses stations are LOUD.
I had the same experience but it was March 2020. Covid meant I couldn’t get in to see anyone. Some of the treatment options had closed. Had my cochlear surgery November 2020 and yes it’s hard. Good on you for advocating for yourself and others. Good luck
Amazing lady 🌺
Jane, you are a dead set legend and an inspiration for your perseverance! 🙏🏼
Aww you are such an inspiration lovely lady 💞💞
Such incredible courage on a challenging journey ❤️
Mines my Right ear and had my Cochlear surgery May 2023. Would love to learn sign language
🥳🙏
Miss Jane, you have been a champion adapting, you should be so proud 🩷🩷
such an inspiration & amazing human ❤️
You are the best Jane!! ❤️
Brilliant - Open Access for All
Did you get your surgery with Qhealth ?
Was it stress related your ear loss?
My mom was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2019. It spread to her lungs and liver. The pain she felt was unbearable and this affected my family.She was on gemcitabine,capecitabine Vitamin C nd Collagen supplements but to no avail. If not for the help of Herbalist Eugene who used his herbal medicine to cure her, she would be deceased by now. I recommend everyone to use it. 👇👇 www.facebook.com/herbalist-eugene-937568042773883
Celebrating 20 years since her heart, double lung and liver transplant at TPCH, Lucinda has not only defied the odds with her health, but she continues to rewrite the record books with every new accomplishment.
Taking hundreds of tablets a week, attending 55 clinical appointments every year and meeting with the transplant team every 12 weeks would be a challenge for most of us, but for Lucinda it's simply an acknowledgement of the gift of life she was given all those years ago.
"Normal life is the important stuff," shares Lucinda.
"I've been really lucky to have all the same people looking after me from the beginning."
"I'm still seeing the same head doctor and the same physio and pharmacists, we're so close that they feel like family."
To learn more about Lucinda's remarkable journey, check out the Newsroom story via the link in the comments 👇
You are a true warrior, Lucinda 🙏
Wow! You are an inspiration Lucinda
What an inspiration! Her spirit is truly something to be proud of
Well done very important to have the same team works for me aswell #Donatelife🥰
Wow ! I hope you have a healthy, happy and wonderful 2026. 🥰
You forgot to add hundreds of blood tests . Anti- rejection drug cyclosporine needs to be monitored closely to maintain blood levels at a safe level.
Outstanding.
It’s that funny time of year when we aren’t really sure what day it is, but for our wonderful nurses it’s just another day in the festive season! 🫣🎁
While many of us debate if it’s Wednesday or Saturday (it’s actually Sunday FYI!) we do still have appointments running at many facilities, including at the Day Unit Investigation and Therapy Unit at TPCH where NUM Sarah with nurses Lachlan and Stephanie are ‘holding down the fort!’
📲 “If you get a call from No Caller ID and you have an appointment at this time of year, there’s a chance that it could be us calling," shares Sarah.
“We are open across the festive season every day except public holidays for all of your therapies and procedures.”
"If you need to reschedule, we are here to help - let us know if you can't make it. 🤳
Yup and Matron^tm will have them all sorted. I have complete conidence! 😉
You are champions. Happy New Year to staff at RBWH and STARS
Great team 👏
Merry Christmas guys!
Merry xmas team and thank you.
Thanks for working over the festive season. 🥳
The A team keeping the show running! Merry christmas and Thankyou!
Lachlan McKay Stephanie McKay-Parry internet famous ❤️
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