A big baby blue has erupted over now-scrapped plans to revamp maternity services at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital that would have included putting grieving women close to crying newborns.
Health Minister Tim Nicholls has axed a plan to co-locate grieving mothers with other newborns after being informed of the move by The Courier-Mail.
Australian doctors are being warned about using artificial intelligence software after dangerous errors have been reported.
North Queensland’s floods have already taken a toll and now there are fresh warnings for residents.
Confronting staffing figures show eight Queensland maternity facilities have experienced a desperate shortage of obstetricians, anaesthetists and midwives.
It’s a condition that has claimed the lives of many children and left families heartbroken – now there is fresh hope.
Regional Queenslanders will be able to see a doctor closer to home under a new state and federal government initiative to attract and retain 60 new GPs and rural generalists.
More than 100 prominent Australians, including a former Prime Minister, have signed a letter to Anthony Albanese calling for a pause on all medical “gender-affirmation” treatments for children.
A former employee at the Cairns Sexual Health Service says it was common place for people to just not show up to work and for “friends of friends” to gain employment or promotions.
More than 100 parents and children have protested outside Health Minister Tim Nicholls following the shock ban on hormone therapies saying “trans kids must be protected”.
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