News

12 October 2023

MSH supports new PNG Cancer Registry

With potentially the highest rates of cancer incidence in the developing Pacific region, Papua New Guinea's inability to collect data on cancer patients or maintain a national cancer registry was impacting their ability to track disease prevalence

11 October 2023

AMHS patients make gains with new exercise equipment

Inpatients at Princess Alexandra Hospital’s Addiction and Mental Health Services (AMHS) unit are getting their heart rates and reps up with new exercise equipment installed at the unit’s East and West Wing courtyards in early September.

09 October 2023

PAH Social Worker crowned Queen of complex case management

Raised in the Metro South region, social worker Hannah Fowler’s first big career goal was realised when she joined the General Medicine team at Princess Alexandra Hospital in 2020.

05 October 2023

Construction begins on new Intensive Care Unit

Construction on the Redland Hospital Expansion Project has begun, marking a significant milestone in the delivery of improved healthcare services to the Redlands Coast community.

05 October 2023

New Mammography Technology with Sensory Suite at PA Hospital Puts Patient Experience First

New state-of-the-art mammography technology with sensory suite at Princess Alexandra Hospital promises to transform mammograms for patients, as well as the radiography staff who perform over 2000 mammograms every year.

04 October 2023

Hospital listeria outbreak solved by Metro South Health food detectives, with a NSW poultry supplier to blame

It's the scientific equivalent of finding a needle in a haystack. When people began falling seriously ill with listeria infections across south-east Queensland, NSW and Victoria in mid-August, a crack team of investigators set out to track down the

03 October 2023

Medicine Gathering transcends cultural boundaries at PAH

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Therapists are bringing time-honoured cultural education and healing therapies to patients at Princess Alexandra Hospital.

28 September 2023

Transitional brain injury rehab service goes the extra mile for regional patients

Regional Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit (BIRU) patients treated at Princess Alexandra Hospital are accessing Brisbane-based accommodation while transitioning out of hospital.

27 September 2023

Medical Imaging welcomes special delivery

Christmas came early for the Medical Imaging team this week with the delivery of new fluoroscopy and x-ray units.