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The latest news at Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service.
No place like home: dialysis treatment is a game changer
Michelle Ruha’s life could look very different. She could spend every second day in hospital, instead she is able have her life saving treatment fit in around her schedule.
Seven years of tertiary level care
The move from the old Gold Coast Hospital to the Gold Coast University Hospital was considered the biggest planned hospital move in Australia’s history at the time.?
Health heroes mapping the way to tackle COVID-19
Deputy Premier and Minister for Health Steven Miles and Member for Gaven Meaghan Scanlon saw first hand how epidemiologists used a contract tracing app which was developed in a matter of weeks to help fight COVID-19 on the Gold Coast.
The Deputy Premier visited the Carrara Health Precinct on the Gold Coast to thank staff for their tireless efforts to support Queensland’s COVID-19 response.
“Queensland’s health response has been possible due to the hard work of our health heroes,” Mr Miles said.
Small connections powerful in socially distant times
At a time when our ability to bond with each other in person is reduced, every connection counts.
星空体育 doctor embarks on international journey
A 星空体育 doctor will spend the next three years in the United Kingdom researching better medical outcomes for children after she was awarded a prestigious scholarship to the University of Oxford.
Gold Coast home to world first robotic clot retrieval
The first stroke patient in the world to have a large brain blood vessel clot treated with a robotic arm has been reunited with the 星空体育 clinical team who performed the groundbreaking procedure at Gold Coast University Hospital (GCUH) this year.
Speech pathology gives Kent back his voice
Kent Druery had a fast-paced career managing shopping centres, trained for triathlons, commentated at sporting events and was raising two teenage boys with wife Julia when he suddenly lost the ability to communicate four years ago.
World-class healthcare perfected through new simulation collaborative
In the first of its kind, a Bond University and 星空体育 partnership will help transform healthcare teams and systems worldwide through the provision of hyper-realistic, scenario-based training which is quite literally delivered ‘on the job’.
Graduate nurse uses her own journey to help patients
Georgia McLennan has been told all her life she would make a great nurse but the 26-year-old had no idea she would find herself as a patient while embarking on her dream career.
World Breastfeeding Week highlights support all year round
This World Breastfeeding Week, Cherie Fothergill wants new mothers to know there is support for them all year round.