Woman gives birth to another patient’s baby following embryo mix-up
IVF regulation is in the spotlight after a mix-up led to a woman giving birth to a baby not related to her, with little chance…
Tag: QLD
Qld Govt reveals details of puberty blocker review
A ban on public clinics initiating puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to under-18s will last for at least eight months after the Queensland Government revealed…
Company’s plan to sell genetically modified mosquitoes to fight dengue fever bitten by controversy
A British company’s plan to sell genetically modified mosquitoes to curb dengue fever in Australia has come under fire from a local expert. With funding…
Pharmacy prescribing made permanent in Queensland despite just 62 pharmacists finishing their training
Pharmacist prescribing of S4 drugs for impetigo, reflux and obesity is becoming a permanent part of the health system despite a lack of evaluation. Queensland…
‘I knew there was 34cm of water in the practice because of the height chart’: GPs vs Cyclone Alfred
Doctors thought on Saturday that Cyclone Alfred had spared the GP practices of Hervey Bay, north of Brisbane. But in Sunday’s early hours, everything changed.…
‘We haven’t seen anything like this’: Melioidosis deaths surge in wake of floods
Deaths from an unprecedented outbreak of melioidosis have climbed to 12 in recently flood-hit areas of north Queensland. In the past week alone, 25 new…
Parents who thought medicine was ‘witchcraft’ and stopped daughter’s insulin get 14 years in jail for manslaughter
A mother and father who withheld insulin from their eight-year-old, believing God would cure her diabetes, have been sentenced to 14 years in prison for…
GP charged with manslaughter after allegedly assisting at fatal homebirth
This story has been updated with a comment from the Coroners Court of Queensland. A GP ordered to stand trial for manslaughter in relation to…
The region at tipping point after five GP practices close in a year
When a Cairns practice called Trinity GPs shut down last month, it marked the fifth local GP practice closure in just a year. The city…
Clinical independence under threat from ‘vertically integrated’ cannabis companies, doctors tell Mark Butler
Doctor and pharmacy groups have suggested banning medicinal cannabis companies from simultaneously owning clinics and dispensaries, saying doctors’ independence is at stake. AMA Queensland and…
