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Robina Hospital allegations

Gold Coast Health refutes allegations made in Gold Coast Bulletin of 12 August.  Newspaper claims that a bag of unidentified substance was ‘kept quiet’ by Queensland Health are in direct contrast to the facts which were that the hospital provided the bag to police.  The online photo depicted a large quantity of ICE that bore no resemblance to the substance handed to police which equated to about 0.2 gram. All CCTV cameras were confirmed as operating to the newspaper the day before the article was printed.


GCUH Orthopaedic Surgeon Prof Randy Bindra has guided 35 Indian doctors through a two-day surgical training workshop.

GCUH surgeons share knowledge on global scale

Gold Coast University Hospital (GCUH) has reinforced its credentials as a leading teaching facility, with more than 30 international surgeons travelling across the globe for a two-day training course.


Fitness program enriching lives of clients with MS

Fitness program enriching lives of clients with MS

Gold Coast Health Multiple Sclerosis client Jo Smith is finding new strength in an innovative program which takes her out of the clinical setting and into the community.


Kim Hurst

Put Perfect: Gold Coast Health research shifting family roles in treating anorexia patients with perfectionism

“The teenagers I treat and their families are so amazing; they have so many internal resources. They’re motivation, compassion and commitment to be well and to be rid of this torturous illness keeps me passionate about my research.”


Proud new dads Sam Thompson (with Olivia), Todd Kennett (Olivia) and Kurt Walker (Aluna) and their bundles of joy born at GCUH

Baby boom sees GCUH heading towards 5000 annual births

old Coast University Hospital (GCUH) is on track to welcome more than 5000 babies in a year for the first time.

2527 babies were born at the hospital during the first half of 2016, compared to 2338 births in the first six months of the previous year.

This included a monster May when 469 babies entered the world at GCUH – an average of almost 15 births per day and a record for the health service.


Ian Langdon with Carol Jason and Gay Leverington

Langdon's mission - Board Chair wants hope for grandson

Almost every day for the past 16 years, Ian Langdon has wondered what the future holds for his autistic grandson, Ky.


Gold Coast Health Paediatric Surgeons Dr Nada Sudhakaran and Dr Deborah Bailey with one of their little patients, six-month-old Lucas Stephens.

Doctor performs small miracles at thriving hospital

NADA Sudhakaran’s patients are so small he had to bring his own surgical instruments when he started at the Gold Coast University Hospital in January.


Multivitamins for pregnancy – helpful or harmful?

Multivitamins for pregnancy - helpful or harmful?

Multivitamins for women before, during and after pregnancy – are they helpful or harmful?


David Battersby and Bruce Rawson

Gold Coast Health physiotherapist goes for Olympic gold

Gold Coast Health physiotherapist David Battersby will take a break from caring for his community to help the Australian women’s soccer team pursue Olympic gold.


Community Palliative Care patient Tony Lambert returns to the surf in one of Gold Coast Health’s new beach wheelchairs.

Wheelchair initiative receives national exposure

This wheelchair is [symbolic] of the reason why we get into this kind of job – to help people.”

That’s Gold Coast Health Community Palliative Care Team Leader Julie-Ann Hendry telling the rest of Australia about the initiative that is set to bring joy to hundreds of the city’s terminally ill patients.