Elements of this profile updated: 10/07/2009
TARGET AUDIENCE: General Public
This section - SOURCE: District Manager, 10 July 2009
REVIEW DATE: August 2009
| 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:
Townsville - Emergency Medical Unit 22 bed unit 10 beds operational 28 February 2007. . 22 Beds expected to be operation by 30 June 2007 |
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