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Dr Dinesh Palipana says Princess Alexandra spinal unit needs to change after horror stories emerge a decade after he spent time there

Princess Alexandra Hospital is home to the state's only spinal injury unit.  (ABC News: Stefan Lowe)

A major Brisbane hospital says it has added staff and is working on expanding the working capacity of its spinal unit after claims of patients being left naked in front of others and patients lying in their own faeces.

Complaints received related to patient care — the dignity of patients — while in the spinal unit at the Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) in Brisbane's inner south.

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