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About Princess Alexandra Hospital

Services we provide | Health research | Activity profile | Our staff

Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) is one of three tertiary level facilities in Queensland, providing care in all major adult specialties, with the exception of obstetrics.  It is one of Australia’s leading teaching and research hospitals.

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Services we provide

The PAH provides acute medical, surgical, mental health, cancer, rehabilitation and allied health services as well as statewide services - including the Acquired Brain Injury Outreach Service, Queensland Amputee Limb Service, Spinal Outreach Team and the Transitional Rehabilitation Program.

 

The PAH is nationally recognised for its expertise in spinal injury management and is a major transplantation centre for livers, kidneys, bone, cartilage, and corneas.

 

Ancillary services includes pastoral care, hospital auxiliary and volunteer services.

 

The hospital has responsibility for the management of the Queensland Liver Transplant Service, Queensland Eye Bank and the Queensland Bone Bank.


It also houses one of the major Pathology Queensland services.

 

The PAH has an aeromedical retrieval service transporting patients to hospital via helicopter or fixed wing aircraft, a road accident response service and a major trauma retrieval service managed by the Emergency Department and Intensive Care Unit.


Health research

 

The PAH plays a lead role in medical research, undertaking research programs with affiliated universities.

 

The PA Foundation, which is situated on the hospital campus, is dedicated to fundraising to support PAH research activities.

 

Annual activity profile


Our staff


Princess Alexandra Hospital employs more than 5,000 staff including:

(Total headcount as at February 2009).


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Last Updated: 23 June 2009
Last Reviewed: 18 March 2009