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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.
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.
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.
Metro North Launches Health Equity Strategy in Line With NAIDOC Week
Metro North Health has this week launched its health equity strategy to improve health outcomes and ensure life expectancy parity by 2031 for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
COVID-19 (coronavirus) Fever Clinics and Community Assessment Clinics
Metro North Health is conducting COVID-19 (coronavirus) testing at Fever Clinics and Community Assessment Clinics at a range of locations.
Virtual reality trial opens potential new therapies for acquired brain injury
A promising trial of virtual reality (VR) technology involving patients with an acquired brain injury may lead to the development of new speech pathology therapies.
Participants sought for state-wide COVID-19 vaccine study
Participants are now being invited to take part in a community-based COVID-19 vaccine immune response study run by a collaboration of health and university researchers.
Mini-brains set to revolutionise epilepsy treatment
Researchers at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (RBWH) and the University of Queensland (UQ) are trialling a new technology which is set to help epilepsy patients find the best treatment for their condition sooner.
Metro North Health Launches Health Equity Starts with Me campaign
Metro North Health has unveiled a bold new campaign – Health Equity Starts with Me - to drive health equity and eliminate institutional racism across the health service.
Call for blood donations to assist vital chemotherapy treatment
Half of all regular blood donors have been unable to donate during COVID-19 peaks in Australia recently, leaving many essential services vulnerable to short supply.
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Georgina's career dreams were inspired at just 14 years old when she was working at her friend's family pharmacy.
"I thought I wanted to do medicine, then I realised had the most interest and passion in pharmacy. I've only ever worked in Pharmacy!" Georgina said.
Pharmacist Georgina and team leader Stephen work at #TPCH and have collaborated to create a booklet designed to help patients better understand their discharge medication after cardiothoracic surgery, which has landed her a spot as a finalist for the Society of Hospital Pharmacists 'resident of the year' award.
"A patient is often given up to 10 different A4 sheets of paper with information about their medications, so we thought we could create a compact book that a patient could easily follow. Feedback from patients and their respective GPs so far is that they found it very useful and easy to understand."
#ShoutoutSaturday 👏
Love your work Team Pharmacy!
Well done Georgie Dowling and Stephen Belz!! 👏👏
Well done Georgie & Stephen!!!! Love your work 😍
Awesome work Georgie!! 👏🏻
Well done 👏👏. Great effort Georgina & Stephen. 👏👏.
Well done. Is this a general standard book for all cardio thoracic pts or does it vary depending on each person's co morbidity
Woohoo. Congrats
Nice to see your hard work recognised 🥳
Extremely proud of you Georgie Dowling 🥳😘
Great stuff team Pharm!
Woo go Georgie Dowling 😁
Lara Soo
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Thank you
Go Georgie Dowling 👏🙌
Georgie!!
You’ll be safe in the hands of our Orthopaedic department at #RBWH who make it their mission to fix and heal your broken bones after a motor vehicle or bike accident! 🏍🚗
As a doctor at #RBWH, Tim has seen patients suffer up to 15 different bone fractures from an accident and says repairing them can take up a whole working day. 🦴
“We do a lot of pelvic and spinal injury repairs from traumas that come in caused by motor bikes and cars,” Tim said.
“Every now and then someone comes in with multiple long bone fractures that can take up to eight hours in theatre to repair.
“We might need to do full replacements of bones with implants if they’re too damaged, but if the fracture can be reconstructed, we can use plates and screws or nails to re-align the bones so that it can heal in the correct position.”
If you’d like to be a part of our powerhouse Orthopaedic departments at #MetroNorth, apply to join the #TPCH doctors here today as a PHO: bit.ly/3dcm5ew
#WorkforusWednesday
Excellent doctor. Give him a raise!
Nice to see your face again Tim… Liv Hart and i miss working with you. Your an asset to the Ortho team and a great doctor to your patients.
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Sam Cullen
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Sharney Field Mick Jones
Yay Tim!! Be like Tim!
Thank you
Orthopedics rock!! 🦴🦴😷😷🦴🦴
We love you Tim
