Food drive supports SES workers

BreastScreen Queensland QEII Jubilee Hospital staff helped the Queensland Flood Appeal by delivering food to local State Emergency Service (SES) volunteers.

Workers help lift spirits
Local health workers have helped lift the spirits of flood-affected communities in the South West Health Service District.

Team effort aids Theodore
It took a big effort from many to reinstate operations of Theodore Hospital after January's devastating floods.

Thank you visit by Chief Health Officer Dr Young
Staff in flood ravaged Toowoomba and Ipswich were thanked during a special visit by Queensland Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young.

Damit says a heartfelt 'thank you'
One of The Townsville Hospital's newest doctors, Dr Damit Timbang, brings new meaning to the word commitment.

PAH team responds to crisis
Nurses from Princess Alexandra Hospital responded in early January to the call for clinical assistance to the flood-affected areas in central and south western Queensland.

Staff rise to the challenge
During the flood crisis the offices of Surgical Services at the Royal Children's Hospital were transformed into a bustling command centre for the coordination of the hospital's flood response.

Simple idea makes a big difference
During the peak of the flood crisis, volunteers from the Royal Children's Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Unit manned the hospital's front desk to provide support and information for patients and families.

Medical supplies in good hands
Tracey Metz set up a temporary bed in her office to ensure supply of clinical equipment at the Royal Children's Hospital during the January floods.

East Creek's savage destruction
The sudden and dramatic deluge that hit Toowoomba on Monday, 10 January, had a significant impact on the Darling Downs Public Health Unit (DDPHU).

Family helps clean up in Grantham
Three Queensland Health staff helped mop up after the home of Grantham residents, David and Anne James, was inundated by January's flood waters.

Protection against tetanus
Special measures were taken in January to ensure that people involved in the flood clean up were adequately vaccinated against tetanus.

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