Toowoomba Hospital
First Coronary Angiogram Procedure At Toowoomba Hospital
A new service at Toowoomba Hospital is increasing local capability and bringing care closer to home for patients. The first diagnostic angiogram was completed last Friday, with staff thrilled to now be offering the procedure. A coronary angiogram uses x-ray imaging and contrast dye to diagnose heart artery blockages. “It went very smoothly, and everyone […]
Donate Life Service To Honour Organ And Tissue Donors
A service of remembrance will be held at Toowoomba Hospital this Sunday 27th November to pay tribute to organ and tissue donors, and their families. Donate Life Services of Remembrance are held across Australia most years to acknowledge the gift that donors and their families make to the wider community. The Toowoomba service is organised […]
Proposed Toowoomba Hospital Redevelopment
The proposed redeveloped Toowoomba Hospital, which would be located at the Baillie Henderson Hospital campus, is a large greenfield site which would deliver new and expanded health care services for our region’s growing population, while preserving the rich history and unique heritage-listed buildings at the site. Darling Downs Health and Building Queensland are currently working […]
Hospital Restricts Visitors
To help manage the spread of coronavirus, Darling Downs Health is restricting visitors to Toowoomba Hospital. Novel coronavirus is a highly contagious respiratory illness, with symptoms of fever, coughing, sore throat, fatigue and shortness of breath. Commencing today, until further notice, there will be a limit of one visitor per patient, per day to Toowoomba […]
Hospital Performing Lifesaving Implantation
A pacemaker is a small device inserted into the chest to keep the heart beating when it would otherwise stop. The device uses an electrical pulse to prompt the heart to beat. Toowoomba Hospital is now performing lifesaving pacemaker implantation with great success. Darling Downs Health Cardiologist Dr Caleb Mengel said patients who are passing […]
Emergency Training Saving Lives
Training provided by Toowoomba Hospital emergency specialists is saving lives in rural areas. Just weeks after completing an Emergency Medicine, Education and Training (EMET) refresher course, Dr Lindsay Haase put his skills into practice with excellent results. “While working in the South Burnett recently we had an EMET refresher course for advanced life support (ALS) […]
Advocating For Your Own Health
The importance of being your own health advocate will be discussed at the next Twilight Talk at Toowoomba Hospital on Tuesday 20 November.The public lecture will be hosted by Darling Downs Health General Practice Liaison Officer Dr Theresa Johnson. Dr Johnson will lead a presentation about ‘coordinating care between the hospital and your GP’. “When […]
Palliative Care Subject Of Twilight Talk On Thursday 3rd November
Toowoomba Hospital palliative care physician Dr Patty Lee-Apostol will be guest speaker at the hospital’s next instalment of the Twilight Talks public lecture series. Dr Lee-Apostol’s presentation, entitled ‘Living better, dying better’ will examine end-of-life care with a focus on the support that is available to patients, their families and loved ones. “Palliative care is […]
