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Health alert: COVID-19

COVID-19 Alert: We are currently at GREEN traffic light level - there is no restriction for coming to hospital to receive healthcare. Visitors are currently welcome at Metro South Health facilities, and are asked to help keep patients safe by maintaining physical distancing where possible and practising hand hygiene. See visitor restrictions and the latest Queensland Government information. [18 January 2023].

Human Rights

Queensland Health is committed to a culture that places respect for human rights at the centre of everything we do.

Queensland’s historic new Human Rights Act 2019 came into effect on 1 January 2020.  

The Act aims to:

  • Protect and promote human rights
  • Help build a culture in the Queensland public sector that respects and promotes human rights
  • Help promote a dialogue about the nature, meaning and scope of human rights.

Learn more about your rights under the Queensland Human Rights Act 2019.

Last updated 25 November 2021
Last reviewed 25 November 2021