Don't just give blood - give plasma
Many things have changed at the blood bank over the years; the way the blood is collected has improved and become more streamlined, even the bandages now wrap around and stick to themselves like some...
View ArticleRegister your intent during Organ Donor Awareness Week
Maybe when you passed your driving test and took possession of your first driver licence, you ticked a box to identify yourself as an organ donor. These days, there's more to it than just ticking that...
View ArticleRespect the snake and live to tell the tale
Be careful around snakes - that's the simple safety message from Toogum snake handler Roy McGrath.
View ArticleSave a life with the push of a button
It's smaller than a briefcase, weighs just a few kilos and quite literally explains itself, but this apparently simple device could help you save a life.
View ArticleThree generations give blood in Bundy
Three generations of the Pohlmann family regularly give blood.
View ArticleFree swine flu clinics at Qld high schools
The Queensland Government says free clinics for swine flu vaccinations will be set up at high schools throughout Queensland.
View ArticlePatel trial continues in Brisbane
Queensland's Crown Prosecutor has told the Jayant Patel trial's jury the surgeon was the wrong doctor, doing the wrong operations, on the wrong patients.
View ArticlePatel trial hears funding linked to surgery targets
The manslaughter trial of the former head of surgery at Queensland's Bundaberg Hospital has heard government funding was linked to the number of operations performed. It's the prosecution's case that...
View ArticlePatel removed bowel 'with no sign of cancer'
A section of bowel removed from a patient by Dr Jayant Patel failed to reveal any sign of cancer, a court has been told.
View ArticlePatel defence questions nurses memories
Nurses giving evidence at the trial of the former Bundaberg Hospital chief surgeon, Jayant Patel have been grilled by his counsel about the accuracy of their seven-year-old recollections. One nurse...
View ArticlePatel nicked vein during surgery: anaesthetist testifies
A witness has told Jayant Patel's Brisbane trial a patient lost a lot of blood after the former Bundaberg surgeon nicked a vein during surgery.
View ArticleAMAQ warns Lucas not to scapegoat doctor
The AMAQ has warned against making a doctor the scapegoat for the death of a two-year-old Brisbane girl earlier this month.
View ArticlePatel 'threatened to quit' Bundaberg Hospital
The trial of Jayant Patel has heard he screamed at a nurse and threatened to quit after a patient's mother was told her son's prognosis was not good.
View ArticlePatel 'did not reveal US surgical restrictions'
The Brisbane manslaughter trial of former Bundaberg-based doctor Jayant Patel has heard he did not reveal surgical restrictions placed on him in the United States before operating on a hospital patient.
View ArticlePatel declared 'operation a success' before patient died
A Supreme Court trial in Brisbane has heard the widow of a man who bled to death after Jayant Patel operated on him was told the surgery was a success.
View ArticlePatel jury told 'patient still bleeding after surgery'
Jayant Patel's Brisbane manslaughter trial has heard a patient was still bleeding when he was sent to Bundaberg Hospital's intensive care unit after surgery.
View ArticlePatel nurse breaks down in court
At the Jayant Patel manslaughter trial today, an operating theatre nurse cried while testifying about the state of one of Patel's patients. It was a day Patel allegedly described as the worst of his...
View ArticlePatel asked doctors to remain 'tight-lipped'
Brisbane's Supreme Court has heard allegations that former Bundaberg-based surgeon Jayant Patel urged junior doctors not to tell anyone what happened after an operation on a patient who later died.
View ArticleDoctor says Patel patient's post-operative bleeding was 'unacceptable'
A doctor has told the Brisbane manslaughter trial of former Bundaberg-based surgeon Jayant Patel patient's post operative bleeding was "unacceptable".
View ArticleLife with new lungs
Imagine if you couldn't cross your own lounge room without stopping for breath. That's the situation Wayne Clarke was in before his lung transplant.
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