A top medical boss at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital has discredited sensational claims made by Premier Steven Miles that road trauma victims were to blame for the choked service.
The lives of a pregnant woman and her baby have been saved by pioneering surgery that removed a massive blood clot from the mother’s leg through a tiny incision.
Queensland women will finally be able to have their babies in the comfort of their own home at no cost to them under a new publicly-funded scheme.
Steven Miles has downplayed the fact Queensland’s largest hospital was forced to cancel surgeries after it ran out of beds this week.
Queensland’s chief health officer has reassured worried parents that there are “measures in place” amid a shortage of liquid antibiotics to treat respiratory illness in kids.
A staggering number of people are presenting to emergency departments drugged up on the “date rape drug” GHB, with new data showing a fourfold rise in presentations in the past two years.
Influenza cases are increasing to a dangerous detonation of the virus across the state, just in time for the upcoming school holidays, as infectious disease experts reveal immunisation rates are “incredibly low”.
A Aussie woman has issued a stark warning to others as fears grow over rising numbers of this potential killer.
Experts fear bird flu could spread quickly through backyard chicken coops and bring down the country’s farming industry, impacting eggs, chicken, beef and even dairy.
Dodgy vaping store operators face two years jail and a fine of over $300,000 for selling illicit nicotine products under tough new legislation to be introduced to Queensland Parliament.
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