While the resilience of thousands of Townsville residents continues to inspire the nation, 10 individual nurses from Metro South Health have been welcomed as heroes at the local Hospital.

In an Australian first trial, QEII Hospital and Redland Hospital are using sophisticated, patient-friendly technology to monitor patients’ vital signs while they’re at home in a bid to better engage patients with their recovery, and give treating clinicians a clearer picture of their progress.

Orthopaedic surgeons at QEII Hospital are expanding the measure of success for surgery to include patient feedback months and years post-surgery, in the hopes to one day better determine people’s best surgical options.

Patients who require ongoing physiotherapy treatment for inner ear disorders (vestibular dysfunction) are receiving follow-up care three times faster thanks to a new outpatient service at QEII Hospital.