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Gold Coast Health News

The latest news at Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service.

Health service triples research projects in five years

Gold Coast Health is rapidly expanding its research capability, delivering more than 150 research projects each year, a marked increase from five years ago.


Improving antibiotic prescribing

Gold Coast Health Researcher and Emergency Department Registrar Laura Hamill is delving into doctors’ antibiotic prescribing habits in our Emergency Departments.


Ultrasound trial could rule out x-rays for common kids arm injury

In the first trial of its kind, a bedside ultrasound study based at Gold Coast University Hospital could spell the end of unnecessary x-rays for children presenting with suspected forearm fractures.


Gold Coast Health drives state-wide solution for critically-ill children

A Gold Coast Health Paediatric Emergency physician and a Senior Paediatric Pharmacist have combined their expertise to drive the development of a resource already improving the accuracy of care delivered to critically unwell children across Queensland.


Doctors strike a paws for their health and wellbeing

Junior doctors have unleashed their creative capabilities by building a teddy bear during a lunch break and donating it to a sick child.


Gold Coast Health junior doctors blitz fellowship exams

Junior doctors from two important specialty areas, emergency medicine and internal medicine, at Gold Coast University Hospital and Robina Hospital have outperformed their counterparts in their final examination results.


Heart attack survivor beats the odds to give back to others

A Gold Coast man who had 29 cardiac arrests during an emergency heart procedure has joined with doctors to warn other people living with diabetes to watch out for signs of heart attack. 


18 October 2019 Measles Notification

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


Indigenous health advisor appointed to Gold Coast Health Board

An adviser in Indigenous health, Professor Cindy Shannon, has been appointed to the Gold Coast Health Board to help drive a range of support services.


Study shows unexpected unemployment increases hospital admissions

A new study has discovered a strong link between regional unemployment and the number of substance-induced mental health hospital admissions.