05.06.2023

Public Health Alert – Hepatitis A

Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service Public Health Unit is managing a confirmed case of Hepatitis A in a person who resides in Gympie and was active in the community whilst infectious.

22.05.2023

Neurotrauma seminar explores traumatic brain injuries on the Sunshine Coast

The Sunshine Coast Health Trauma Service has collaborated with the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (RBWH) Neurosurgical Department to host a seminar to explore the critical decision making in neurotrauma in our unique setting on the Sunshine

11.05.2023

Celebrating Gympie Nurse Sharon Shelford on International Nurses Day

This International Nurses Day we are shining the spotlight on Clinical Nurse Consultant McGrath Breast Care Nurse Sharon Shelford.

11.05.2023

First patient who entered Acute Leukaemia Service at Sunshine Coast Health successfully completes his treatment

A Gympie man who was diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukaemia in September last year and was the first to undergo care at Sunshine Coast Health, is now also the first to successfully complete his treatment within the service.

14.04.2023

Public Health Alert - Measles

Service Public Health Unit (SCPHU) is managing a case of measles in a person residing at Mt Coolum and working at Noosaville.

04.04.2023

Going for gold with the gift of life at the 2023 World Transplant Games

Four excited but nervous Sunshine Coast locals are preparing to fly west to the 2023 World Transplant Games in Perth this week to help raise awareness around the importance and benefits of organ donation.

03.04.2023

Share memories, not germs, these Easter school holidays

Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service (SCHHS) Public Health Physicians are urging locals to share memories, not germs with loved ones these Easter holidays.

29.03.2023

Public Health Alert - Measles - Venue of concern

SCPHU is managing two cases of measles in a family who recently returned from overseas on 13 March 2023. Coles Nambour has been identified as a venue of concern, with the family visiting in the afternoon on Monday 27 March.

28.03.2023

Public Health Alert - Measles

Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service Public Health Unit (SCPHU) is responding to two notifications of measles in a family who returned from overseas on 13 March 2023.