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Elements of this profile updated: 14/09/2010
TARGET AUDIENCE: General Public
This section - SOURCE: District Chief Executive Officer, 14 September 2010
REVIEW DATE: October 2010
| The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital | 1375km |
| Hospital | The Hospital is evolving to be the level 5/6 tertiary hospital for North Queensland. |
| Specialist Services | Intensive Care; hyperbaric medicine; palliative care; Spinal Rehabilitation; cardiac surgery and radiation and medical oncology. This Hospital is a teaching hospital, affiliated with the North Queensland Clinical School, University of Queensland, and recognised for the training provided by specialists in anaesthetics, surgery, medicine, orthopaedics, obstetrics and gynaecology, psychiatry, General and Rural Practice associated with the hospital as well a range of associated professorships and clinical lecturers |
| Clinics Available | Women's and Children's, Antenatal, Colposcopy, Urogynaecology, Lactation, Neurology; Orthopaedics; Plastic Surgery; Surgery; Cardiology; Gastroenterology; Medical; Paediatrics; Anesthesiology; Psychiatry; Renal; Urology; Vascular; Diabetes; Ear, Nose and Throat; Dermatology; Oncology; Ophthalmology; Oral Health; Podiatry. |
| Allied Health Services | Speech Pathologist; Dietetics; Occupational Therapy; Pharmacy; Medical Imaging; Psychologist; Oral Health; Dietitian; Podiatrist; Social Worker; Medical Illustrator; Medical Records Administrator; Physiotherapist; EEG/EMG Technician; Physicist; Nuclear Medicine Technologist; Home Aids |
| Outreach Services | Incontinence Nurse; Social Worker Outreach; Integrated Mental Health Service; PROGRAMS: Diabetes Education; Discharge Planning Unit (ie Occupational Therapy) PROJECTS: Home IV; Wound Management; Rehabilitation Outreach |
| HACC Services | Home Care Services |
| Other Aged Services | ACAT/Nursing Home |
| Other Services | Rehabilitation Services for Spinal Injured patients being developed |
Capital Works or Recent Improvements:
Major redevelopment is underway and is scheduled for completion at the end of 2012. |
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