A young doctor who switched her seaside upbringing to living and working in her dream job in northwest Queensland is urging other medical graduates to reconsider their career options and head into rural medicine. Gabrielle Keating never thought her six-week placement in Mt Isa would lead her to finding herContinue Reading
Health authorities have launched a national investigation after nine cases of listeria were reported across Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria. Eating food contaminated with listeria monocytogenes bacteria can result in listeriosis, an illness that is particularly dangerous for pregnant, elderly, or immunocompromised people. Although most healthy people will notContinue Reading
Queensland Police are desperately searching for a newborn baby who they believe was taken from hospital. Officers are seeking urgent public assistance to locate the one-day-old baby girl who was taken from Ipswich hospital on Monday who they believe “may be at significant risk”. “Two women were seen taking theContinue Reading
Today Show host Karl Stefanovic has unleashed on a state government after it was revealed patients from a hospital had been transferred to a nearby theme park resort amid a crisis of bed shortages. On Thursday, Stefanovic condemned the actions of politicians in the Queensland government after they were seenContinue Reading
A well-known Australian theme park has doubled up as a medical facility, after leaked footage revealed a Queensland hospital is using the venue to house its soon-to-be discharged patients. In a bid to free up beds at Gold Coast University Hospital, Sea World Resort is hosting patients who “no longerContinue Reading
A Queensland hospital has been forced to call a snake catcher after a patient brought in a venomous snake after being bitten. Hervey Bay Snake Catchers was called to Hervey Bay Hospital on January 20 after a man brought in the reptile in a jar after he stepped on it.Continue Reading
Two “miracle” Queensland babies will spend their very first Christmas at home with their family after spending over 100 days in hospital. The twin babies were due four days after Christmas, but 16 weeks ahead of schedule the two tiny tots were born on September 11, and were “pint-sized”. BrisbaneContinue Reading