An overheating exhaust fan saw the the Mersey Community Hospital's emergency department close on Sunday afternoon
Mersey Community Hospital's emergency department resume business post overheating exhaust fan incident An overheating exhaust fan forced the Mersey Community Hospital's emergency department to close on Sunday afternoon.Large fans were used on Sunday night to successfully remove the smell from the affected area by emergency services.Early Monday morning, the department was deemed clear of the odour the exhaust fan had produced.RECOVERED: Adjunct Associate Professor and Executive Di..>> view originalQueensland zombie walk dying, not dead
Jamie McKinnellAustralian Associated PressOrganisers of one of the world's largest zombie walks have been thrown a bone after Brisbane City Council agreed to waive some of its fees for holding the gathering.Rising council fees were cited in an announcement on the Brisbane zombie walk's Facebook page that declared the 2016 walk - to be held this weekend in the CBD - would be the last."Unfortunately, bureaucratic red tape and constant behind the scenes disputes with the Brisbane City Council has t..>> view originalNo need for pap test until age 25: study
Sarah WiedersehnAustralian Associated PressA dramatic decline in the incidence of cervical cancer in Australia has led to a change in the recommended age for a woman's first cervical pap smear to 25.Currently women aged 18 to 20 are routinely screened for cervical cancer but from next year women won't receive a prompt for their first test until around their 25th birthday.The change in age was recommended by the Medical Services Advisory Committee last year and researcher Megan Smith from Cancer ..>> view originalGeelong mother left traumatised after two-year-old pricked by dirty syringe in public toilet
Alleira, 2, was pricked by a dirty syringe at Geelong's Eastern Beach. (9NEWS) A Geelong mother faces a nervous wait of six months to find out if her two-year-old daughter will be given the all clear, after the toddler was pricked by a dirty syringe.Ashlee Vipont took her daughter Alleira into a public toilet at Geelong’s Eastern Beach last Friday when the dirty syringe fell from the toilet paper dispenser.“The toilet paper was kind of stuck so she placed her hands up there, and as we’ve pulled..>> view originalDrug Industry Seeks To Curb Opioid Addictions And Side Effects With More Pills
Researcher Jonathan Moss believed he could help cancer patients to relieve the pain and the discomfort that comes from using too many opioid painkillers – constipation. Yet, no drug company was keen on hearing his ideas to relieve suffering among the dying. Instead, Moss, along with his colleagues, began to acquire small grants and by 2007 gained the permission needed to test their treatment. The new treatment was not to be tested on cancer patients, however. Instead, the federal government urg..>> view originalAstonishing video shows a baby's old heart still BEATING in a dish after it was removed during a transplant
Henry Dolan, pictured with mother Mollie, underwent the heart transplant this weekend after being born with two heart defectsThis is the astonishing moment a baby's heart keeps beating in a hospital bowl after it was removed during a life-saving transplant. Henry Dolan underwent a heart transplant this weekend after being born with two serious heart conditions five months ago.His parents Mollie and Sam Dolan, from Minnesota, have shared the incredible live updates on their Hope for Henry Facebo..>> view originalIVF cuts risks for older mums
Brisbane mum finds meth in plastic egg in six year old's bedroom
Yahoo7 News on October 17, 2016, 10:20 am A Brisbane mother has taken to Facebook to tell of her shock at finding meth stashed inside a plastic egg in her six year old son's bedroom. Crystal Hill told Yahoo7 she wanted to warn parents after she discovered two bags of the drug, which is commonly called ice, hidden an orange plastic egg that resembled the kind commonly found in a chocolate product aimed at children.“I was cleaning out Jonahs (sic) room (aged 6) on friday and inside his old ..>> view originalGold Coast drugs: 'This will be the summer of multiple unknown overdoses'
When things go bad, blame flakka. Sixteen people were hospitalised for taking drugs on the Gold Coast over the weekend - the worst mass overdose in decades. It's been widely reported the drug was flakka, but until the toxicology report comes back, no-one knows for sure.They had probably taken some kind of New Psychoactive Substance (NPS) - synthetic drugs designed to mimic cannabis, cocaine, ecstasy and LSD. Toxicologists have so far identified about 350 NPS, and are finding about two new ones ..>> view originalDevil's milk could be the killer ingredient in war on superbugs
Devil's milk has proved to be an unlikely weapon in the increasingly desperate global fight against superbugs. Australian researchers have discovered that peptides contained in the milk of Tasmanian devils can kill some of the most deadly bacterial and fungal infections, including golden staph. Having scanned the devil's genome and discovered the six naturally occurring antimicrobial peptides, researchers from Sydney University set about replicating them artificially. They then tested the pepti..>> view original
Friday, November 4, 2016
An overheating exhaust fan saw the the Mersey Community Hospital's emergency department close on Sunday afternoon and other top stories.
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