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The latest news at Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service.

Gold Coast Health spinal injuries paper receives international acclaim

Dr Sandeep Bhuta is a Neuroradiologist at Gold Coast University Hospital, Professor in Neuroradiology at the School of Medicine, Griffith University, and Menzies Health Institue.

If that long list of appointments wasn’t impressive enough, Dr Bhuta has now also been given the Certificate of Merit award by the American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR) at last months annual conference for his project, "Cervical Spine Ligamentous Injuries Bridging the Gap between Neuroradiologists and Neurosurgeons."


Modelling software helps fight against COVID-19

Groundbreaking COVID-19 modelling software designed on the Gold Coast is playing a key role in the fight against the pandemic – and its creators hope it will also help win the war against future diseases.

Professor Chris Stapelberg, the Joint Chair in Mental Health for Gold Coast University Hospital and Bond University, began work on the Discrete-Event, Simulated Social Agent-Based Network Transmission (DESSABNeT) model in early April last year, as Australia was gripped with fears over COVID-19.


Same day service is delivering slam dunk results for skin cancer patients

A new same day ‘see and treat’ service is delivering slam dunk results for patients with non-melanoma skin cancers.


Fewer than half of eligible Gold Coasters use free, life saving screening program

Each week in Australia, almost 300 people are diagnosed with bowel cancer and more than 100 people will lose their lives.


New permanent location for free breast cancer screening on the Gold Coast

A new permanent BreastScreen Queensland clinic on the Gold Coast will help boost access to free breast cancer screening for local women. 


Gold Coast Baby Boom

The tiny cries of hundreds of newborn babies echoed throughout Gold Coast University Hospital during May, with the hospital welcoming a record number of 534 babies into the world. 


Genitourinary Cancer Nurse Navigator looks for better outcomes for people with bladder cancer

PHD candidate Helen Anderson hopes her research will result in improved care and support for people diagnosed with metastatic bladder cancer.


Physiotherapists play a key role in the Emergency Department

Advanced practice physiotherapist Deborah Lenaghan’s journey into healthcare started 40 years ago in pathology before studying physiotherapy at university.


Crazy socks highlight doctor mental health

Gold Coast Health staff donned their funkiest, most attention-grabbing socks yesterday to recognise the high levels of stress and suicide amongst health professionals as part of the annual Crazy Socks 4 Docs initiative. 


Clinical trial investigating new use for old drug

Anaesthetic doctors are offering patients the opportunity to participate in a world class clinical trial to test a medication that could prevent post-surgery infections in people who have undergone major abdominal surgery.