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01 April 2025
Transport service to drive better access to healthcare for First Nations children
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families will be better supported on their journeys to vital healthcare appointments and admissions, thanks to a new transport service launched at the Queensland Children’s Hospital.
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31 March 2025
World-first retrieval unit design enhances care for critically ill babies
The Children’s Health Queensland Retrieval Service and aeromedical engineers from HeliMods have partnered to create a world-first retrieval cot for transporting babies in need of urgent or life-saving specialist care.
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27 March 2025
How to help your child through the ‘big feelings’ stirred up by a cyclone
Cyclones and storms can be scary for people of all ages but for babies and young children ‘big feelings’ of fear and confusion can be overwhelming.
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21 March 2025
Super clinic improves access to specialist care for First Nations children
A new dedicated multi-specialty medical ‘super’ clinic and ENT clinic saw 110 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children access specialist care over two days at the Queensland Children’s Hospital.
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05 March 2025
Healthy Hearing supports rollout of new community hearing screening clinics
Children’s Health Queensland’s (CHQ) Healthy Hearing team has supported the launch of new Community Hearing Screening Clinics aimed at improving access to hearing screenings for children.
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23 December 2024
Identical twins home in time for first Christmas after lifesaving surgery
The Heald family will spend their first Christmas at home in Central Queensland, thanks to lifesaving surgery for their daughter at the Queensland Children’s Hospital (QCH).
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13 December 2024
Groundbreaking cardiac surgery performed for the first time at the Queensland Children’s Hospital
The state’s top cardiac surgeons have performed a ground-breaking operation at the Queensland Children’s Hospital (QCH) – completing the first ROSS-PEARS procedure in the Southern Hemisphere.
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29 November 2024
Queensland Children’s Hospital celebrates first decade of healing, hope and healthcare excellence
More than 472,000 children and young people from across Queensland and Northern New South Wales have been treated at the hospital since it opened on 29 November 2014.
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22 November 2024
The most common items ingested by kids over the past decade
Beads, coins and button batteries were the most swallowed items by children behind a visit to the Queensland Children’s Hospital (QCH) over the past 10 years, emergency records show.
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18 November 2024
Staff recognised for 10 years of care at Children's Health Queensland
About 1,900 members of the Children’s Health Queensland team have been recognised for a decade of service to Queensland children and their families.
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06 November 2024
Gallery showcases virtual worlds created by sick kids
Virtual worlds created by patients at the Queensland Children’s Hospital (QCH) have been curated in an exhibition, showcasing the Future Stories project.