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Metro North Hospital and Health Service is the biggest and most diverse public health service in Australia, delivering the best care by the brightest health care professionals. Two of our five hospitals—Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (RBWH) and The Prince Charles Hospital (TPCH)—are tertiary/quaternary referral hospitals, providing state-wide super specialty services, such as heart and lung t

ransplantation and world leading burns treatment. Redcliffe and Caboolture are major secondary hospitals, and Kilcoy is a regional community hospital. Our Community, Indigenous and Subacute Service cares for patients in the community with more than a dozen diverse health facilities stretching from central Brisbane to Kilcoy. Metro North Health does not condone and will remove comments and/or members of the community who engage in hate speech, bullying, harassment, spam or other inappropriate conduct.

15/06/2026

"I've lived in Bribie for 67 years. I came here when I was eight years old when my Dad drove the barge to and from the mainland before the bridge ever existed. I've been on dialysis for 11 years now, and I've been coming to Bribie Satellite Health Centre since it opened. Before that, I used to have to drive to Brisbane three times a week; so it's great having access dialysis so close to home. My daughter is a psychologist and lives in Adelaide, she comes to visit me three or four times a year. I also have friends that call me every week to keep me company while I'm here. If I could give advice to my younger self, it would be that you've got to put up with what you've got, there's no use whinging about it."

💭 Monday Mantra, Gary, Bribie Island Satellite Health Centre dialysis patient

13/06/2026

Mandy has one of the most important roles at Redcliffe Hospital, but you've probably never heard of it!

She's the Clinical Nurse Consultant for Mortality who ensures that care continues beyond the end of a patient's life.

"I sit under the patient safety team and review all of the deaths in the hospital, I do an analysis and clinical review of the care that was provided, looking at what was done well but also if there were any issues," Mandy said.

"Each day I see who we've got in the morgue and work with mortuary supervisor, the mortuary only holds 15 so we need to ensure everything is reviewed before releasing the body to the coroner or the funeral home.

"I didn’t even know that this role existed to be honest, I got into nursing because I loved being a nurse and I'd look after every patient like they were my family.

"It’s really important to be a voice for someone that can’t have a voice anymore."

Shoutout Saturday to Mandy, a vital part of patient care at Redcliffe Hospital. 👏

12/06/2026

Healthmaxxing, more like exxhausting! 🫠 The latest trend to sweep the internet, incorporating ‘Looksmaxxing’ and other health and physical wellbeing goals to maximise your health, is likely doing you more harm than good.

The trend is encouraging everything from starving yourself to eating dangerous amounts of protein and fibre, ‘dryscooping’ where pre-workout is consumed dry without water, through to illegal steroid or drug use.

RBWH Dietitian Helen unpacks the toxxic trend all over our feeds, sharing her thoughts on some of the big impacts on our health to beware of, including:

1. Protein toxicity: Excess protein ends up being stored as fat. High protein foods are often highly processed too, with added sweeteners, emulsifiers and additives – which can have a negative impact on gut health!

2. Nutrient deficiency: Maxxing up one nutrient risks creating deficiencies in others. Nutrient deficiencies can result in skin conditions, brittle nails and lacklustre hair (which may be the opposite of Looksmaxxing!), and that’s just the start.

3. Steroids and hormonal ‘T-maxxing’ issues: T-maxxing is adding testosterone, but our bodies have finely tuned mechanisms to keep our hormones at optimal levels for health. Testosterone levels both too low and too high disrupt the balance and have consequences – that’s why our bodies work hard to keep our hormone levels stable. Too much testosterone, or T-maxxing can cause acne, mood swings, baldness and increased risk of high blood pressure and prostate cancer.

4. Liver failure from vitamin stacking: Supplement stacking and vitamin stacking uses combinations of supplements and vitamins that have never been tested to work together. The stacked nutrients may be competing for the same binding site in the gut, or interact with each other with a bad outcome, such as extra stress on the liver, kidneys and nutrient deficiencies. They are a biohack that seems like an easy fix, a way to bypass the things we all know are really helpful, but veg-maxxing is a much harder sell, right? 🥕🌽🥑

10/06/2026

Our very own Associate Professor Michael Steyn has received a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the General Division for significant service to anaesthesiology and peri-operative medicine, as well as health leadership.💫

Dr Michael, who grew up in Scotland and trained as a rural GP before he admits he 'got lost in anaesthetics' says he's always been passionate about supporting our regional and rural colleagues.

"As anaesthetists, we work throughout the hospital, not just in theatre, but in helping patients to cope with all areas of their healthcare journey," he said.

"I've been at RBWH since I moved to Australia, but I've always been involved in supporting people across the State and further afield."

In 2011, Michael had to temporarily hang up his scrubs as he was cared for as a patient, after learning he had bowel cancer.

"I was very ill - this hospital did all my imaging, and they did a great job," he said.

Michael recovered from cancer and returned to work to continue caring for patients as well as mentoring and training junior staff, which remains his current passion.

10/06/2026

Are you ready to take the next step in your journey as a medical officer? 🧑‍⚕️🩺

Meet Senior House Officer Dr Sabine who shares how her experience in the TPCH Emergency Department shaped her career pathway in returning to the ED.

If you’re a doctor wanting to join the largest Hospital and Health Service in Queensland, we can help you. Click the link in the comments to explore the Resident Medical Officer and Registrar opportunities within Metro North.

07/06/2026

To say that Emmett and Eamon were eager to be in this world is an understatement! 👶👶

Mum Shannon was 23 weeks pregnant with her twin boys when one of the amniotic sacs broke. This is known as a pre-term pre-labour rupture of membranes (PPROM). 🤰

Shannon was admitted to the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (RBWH) to delay early labour and to monitor her and her twins for any complications. 🏥

"The twins eventually made their way into the world one hour shy of 28 weeks," Shannon said.

"I had to have a c-section due to Emmett being transverse. Eamon had other plans and he came out headfirst there and then, four minutes later Emmett was born breech."

The great news is, Emmett and Eamon are now home with their family and loving life. 🙌

07/06/2026

Reducing unnecessary appointments and freeing up specialist waitlists is underway for ear, nose and throat (ENT) patients at STARS.

The Patient Initiated Follow Up (PIFU) pathway currently being piloted for ear, nose and throat (ENT) means patients only have appointments when they are needed.

ENT Consultant Dr Sarju said the pathway would ease the burden of appointments which can be disruptive, costly and time-consuming.

“PIFU supports patient-centred care and decision making, by empowering patients to request a follow up outpatient specialist appointment when required, if they have persistent and/or worsening symptoms, or even if they just want to talk through their medical conditions and treatment options," he said.

“By reducing follow up appointments that aren’t required, it means more patients will be able to see a specialist, reducing the current wait times.”

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