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Gold Coast Health News

The latest news at Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service.

Prof Gerben Keijzers and Dr Stuart Watkins amongst investigators on a Griffith University-led research project funded for $3.6m

Griffith University has received $1.5 million in funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council, and matched support from national and state health partners ($2.1 million), to improve the experience for thousands who require peripheral intravenous (IV) catheters.


Australia Day 2020 Honours List

Dr Don Campbell OAM, was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the General Division for service to trauma medicine. Don is the Deputy Director of the Trauma Service at the Gold Coast University Hospital and is a Senior Lecturer at Griffith University.


Healthcare workers wear loud shirts for a cause

Gold Coast Health’s doctors, nurses and healthcare workers wore bright shirts on 7 February to raise awareness of mental illness within the medical profession.


Emergency performance rises to the challenge of record presentations

Records fell for Australia’s busiest emergency department in December with the highest ever number of patients presenting to Gold Coast University Hospital (GCUH) and Robina Hospital. 


How to make sure mozzies don’t ruin your Australia Day weekend

Gold Coast Public Health Unit and City of Gold Coast expect mosquito numbers to increase in coming weeks due to the recent storm activity and rainfall.


New medical interns start rounds at Gold Coast hospitals

The next wave of medical interns has arrived at Gold Coast Health to start a new chapter of their careers.

The 91 junior doctors are participating in a two-week orientation program to familiarise themselves with the health service, its clinical practice and procedures.

Next week they will begin the first of five rotations through a variety of hospital areas that may include general medicine, surgery, emergency medicine and additional elective terms in other specialised areas such as anaesthetics, psychiatry and more.


Heed the underwater hazards on the Gold Coast this summer

Gold Coast beach-goers are urged to be wary of poisonous creatures – from stingers to noxious fish – lurking beneath the waves this summer. 


3 January 2020 Measles Notification

The Gold Coast Public Health Unit has been notified of a case of measles on the Gold Coast.


Best in the bone business to mentor Australia’s top medical students

Almost 20 of the country’s top medical students are on the Gold Coast to learn techniques and skills from some of Australia’s best orthopaedic surgeons.


New model just the medicine for emergency demand

A new model of care in the Gold Coast University Hospital (GCUH) emergency department is reducing the time patients wait to be seen and is improving their flow through the hospital service.