‘Life-saving’: Qld’s shockingly low organ donor registry revealed
For the first time Queenslanders are able to register as an organ donor when they renew their license or vehicle registration online.
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Surgery delay fears as Qld grapples with global saline shortage
Queensland hospitals may have to ration saline drips for months amid a global shortage, with concerns surgeries may have to be delayed.
Inside the $1 billion Qld cancer centre of the future
The new Brisbane state of the art cancer centre promises to be a world leading medical facility. SEE THE VIDEO
New milestone for hospital of horrors amid $9m spinal injection
Upgrade of the beleaguered Princess Alexandra Hospital spinal injuries unit has been given extra funding as tenders for work are released.
Dangerous or life-saving? Minister backs kids’ treatment banned in UK
Queensland children will continue to be treated with puberty blockers at the state’s gender clinic, despite the medication being banned overseas due to concerns of long-term harm.
Minister’s rapid fire backflip on ‘fake doctor’ plans after huge uproar
Shannon Fentiman has binned plans to appoint physician assistants to hospitals within hours of receiving queries from The Courier-Mail.
‘Spreading rapidly’: Schools, daycares ground zero for triple whammy of winter sickness
Influenza cases among Queensland children are escalating at an alarming rate, as the state’s chief health officer fears an unstoppable contagion across the state as school returns.
We’re now one step closer to stopping ageing
In an extraordinary breakthrough the secrets of ageing have been unlocked.
Shock X-ray of golf ball-sized tumour hidden in woman’s spine
A Queensland neurosurgeon has performed a medical miracle by removing a massive tumour from a woman’s spine in an ultra risky operation that could have left her paralysed.
‘I can write again’: Qld man cured of 30-year illness in an instant
A Qld man who has been suffering from severe uncontrollable tremors for the past 30 years, but just an hour after an innovative brain procedure he can now live a normal life. SEE THE VIDEO
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