Premium Content Am I dying? With her family hysterical in the surgeon s office, Taylor Kirkwood waited for the doctor s answer. He said not yet . Those were his exact words to me, she said. In what was already a challenging year globally, former Mackay woman Taylor Kirkwood also had to contend with a terminal cancer diagnosis in 2020. Mrs Kirkwood, 28, was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in December 2019 after experiencing months of pain and worry about what was going on with her body. It started off with really bad acid reflux and heart burn - which I had never had before, she said.
Dr David Weir, who was in his sixties, had worked for the NHS in North Manchester for 30 years, before moving to East Lancashire during the pandemic
A dedicated and respected respiratory doctor who went on the frontline to fight coronavirus has died from the illness.
Dr David Weir, who was in his sixties, had worked for the NHS in North Manchester for 30 years, before moving to East Lancashire during the pandemic.
He died from Covid-19 in December and is among 216 healthcare workers who have passed away from it.
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust chief executive Kevin McGee led tributes to Dr Weir today.
A Brisbane man appears in court on multiple charges after allegedly staging a carjacking in Buranda in which a woman, who police said had been sitting in a vehicle passenger seat with the engine running, was dragged for hundreds of metres.
There is a moment, as Dr Alex Koefman looks into the eyes of his patients and tells them their life is ending, when an ever-so-subtle spark of light goes out. A neuro-oncologist and spinal surgeon at Greenslopes Private Hospital, in Brisbane s south east, Koefman regularly informs patients of devastating, incurable diagnoses, dashing future hopes, dreams and aspirations. He described the moment when the light in some patients eyes was unplugged . It s an extraordinary thing to tell someone, Koefman said. Patients are usually fairly well at the time and it is hard for them to comprehend that in six to 12 months they are going to be dead.