The Latest Breaking News from Gold Coast University Hospital

Youth given 'appropriate' health care prior to death

A coroner has found a youth mental health service has made improvements following the death of a teenage boy with multiple diagnoses.

AAP · Mar 7, 2024

Michael Hayes dies in hospital after one-punch attack on Gold Coast

Police say Michael Hayes, 39, was assaulted on Saturday night by a man wearing a dark tracksuit.

ABC News · Jun 1, 2023

Queensland police seek interstate witnesses to coward punch as man fights for life in hospital

Queensland police say interstate witnesses may hold the key to finding a man responsible for an alleged coward punch on the Gold Coast Saturday night that left a 39-year-old man in a critical condition.

ABC News · May 31, 2023

Some Queensland patients waited almost eight hours on an ambulance stretcher as ramping peaked in June

Some south-east Queensland patients were left on an ambulance stretcher, waiting for an emergency department bed for almost eight hours, official figures reveal.

ABC News · Sep 20, 2022

Nine-year-old girl hit by car while walking to school on the Gold Coast

The girl has been taken to the Gold Coast University Hospital with a "very nasty head injury" after being hit by a car.

ABC News · Aug 12, 2022

After a horrific car crash, doctor Dinesh Palipana saw the emergency ward from the patients' side

Dinesh Palipana would not let his disability get in the way of fulfilling his dream of becoming a doctor. Now he is helping to make the profession more inclusive for others.

ABC News · Jul 15, 2022

Coomera Hospital funding does little to ease immediate health problems, says GP

A Gold Coast general practitioner says pressure on clinics and hospital emergency departments doesn't look set to ease soon despite a billion-dollar hospital promise for her region.

ABC News · Jun 24, 2022

Gold Coast University Hospital launches a new health service to help adolescents

The service will help people like Lani Wilson, who has suffered with chronic pain since she was 16 years old.

ABC News · May 26, 2022

Boy, 12, falls off Movie World theme park ride suffering 'significant' head injuries

The boy was severely hurt after falling off a carousel ride at Movie World theme park in Queensland, Australia and rushed to Gold Coast University Hospital

Daily Mirror · Apr 5, 2022

Boy suffers significant head injuries on ride at Movie World theme park on the Gold Coast

A boy is rushed to hospital with a "deep laceration to his head" after an accident on the Looney Tunes carousel ride at the Warner Brothers Movie World theme park on the Gold Coast.

ABC News · Apr 5, 2022