Media & Announcements
2021
For media enquiries from 2021 please contact: Isabella Zaini (nee Robinson) Communications and Media Officer on 1800 501 269.
Covid Critical: How Brisbane Medicos Brought The World Together To Beat A Deadly Virus
InQueensland –
December 24, 2021
An informal network of the globe’s most brilliant medical minds has been exchanging ideas about how to best respond to the Covid-19 pandemic. All thanks to a team of Brisbane physicians, writes Cindy Wockner.
The Covid-19 Critical Care Consortium, Covid Critical, was born in Brisbane to help facilitate a global effort in the fight against the deadly and rapidly spreading virus.
From its headquarters at the Prince Charles Hospital, the consortium involves intensive care units at more than 380 hospitals around the world. It now contains a collection of 35 million pieces of data.
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COVID Critical Virus Study Collects ICU Insights From Around The Globe
7News Brisbane –
December 11, 2021
A dedicated team at Brisbane’s Prince Charles Hospital has collected COVID health data on critically ill patients across the globe.
The information will be used as Queensland borders open as well as assisting patients around the globe.
Missed Out Last Time? A Limited-Edition Run Of Ekka Strawberry Ice-Cream Is Coming!
4BC.com.au –
December 2, 2021
A limited-edition run of five-litre tubs of the Ekka’s iconic strawberry ice-cream will be available for purchase in time for Christmas.
The tubs are remaining stock after the Ekka was cancelled at the 11th hour this year, due to a COVID-19 outbreak.
The Common Good CEO Michael Hornby told Sofie Formica this run will be “the first and probably last time this will be available”.
Ekka Leftovers Taste Berry Nice
The Courier Mail –
December 2, 2021
Doctors Show Washing Out The Lungs Of Silicosis Patients Halts Disease
Brisbane Times –
February 28, 2021
Doctors at a Brisbane hospital are washing out the lungs of silicosis patients in an effort to stop the debilitating condition.
The procedure, being performed at Brisbane’s Prince Charles Hospital, is called a lung lavage, with the patient’s lungs rinsed out with warm salt water.
Aussie Researchers Develop World-First Treatment For Deadly Lung Disease Killing Tradies
7News –
November 11, 2021
Researchers have found a potential world-first treatment for a deadly lung disease that has killed hundreds of tradies across the country.
Called silicosis, the condition is caused by the inhalation of silica dust, mainly from the cutting of manufactured stone, and was thought to be incurable.
But this year four tradies with mild silicosis appear to have recovered after undergoing a whole lung lavage or “lung washout” as part of a trial at The Prince Charles Hospital (TPCH) in Brisbane.