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News by James Hall 14th May 2021 5:26 AM A woman who says she has been waiting a staggering 520 days for both hips to be replaced is in so much pain she can only get to her bathroom to shower once a fortnight. Patricia Clayton, a 57-year-old restricted to a wheelchair, shared her plight at Queensland parliament on Thursday to highlight the shortfalls in the state's "broken healthcare system". Mr Crisafulli, Ms Bates and Patricia Clayton at parliament on Thursday. She said she was supposed to have surgery on Wednesday but this...

The federal government will pay half the costs of setting up mass vaccination hubs in Qld, but the state government won’t consider it until “later” in 2021.

Health by MADURA MCCORMACK Premium Content Subscriber only Queensland's coronavirus jab drive is failing to keep pace with Victoria and New South Wales as new mass vaccination hubs in those states trigger a rapid ramp-up of the rollout. The Sunshine State is in danger of being left behind as analysis of vaccination data shows Victoria's new jab hubs, which opened last Monday, allowed the state to increase the number of daily jabs by 4000, with its week-on-week jab average jumping 35.6 per cent. It was in stark contrast to Queensland's modest 11.8 per cent...

Leaders join the conversation surrounding the visible damage to the regional hospital, with one saying it looks like a scene from a third world country.

Shadow minister for finance and industrial relations Jarrod Bleijie, in a visit to Rockhampton on Thursday, criticised the State Government for ‘losing control’ of the Queensland health system. This comes after the revelation 49 per cent of ambulance patients attending the 327-bed Rockhampton Hospital were being ‘ramped’ in February, which was up 29 per cent compared to the same time last year. These patients had to wait outside the hospital or in hallways until staff were able to tend to them. “Queensland Health is on life support,” Mr Bleijie said. Rockhampto...