The Latest Breaking News from Princess Alexandra Hospital

Surgeons 'took bribes' for $2.8 million hospital sales

Two surgeons were allegedly offered secret 20 per cent commissions from a company to choose its medical implants when performing surgery at public hospitals.

AAP · Jan 15

A QLD Man Was Allegedly Thrown Off A Balcony After A Dispute Over FB Marketplace Sale

The alleged assault over a car sale saw “one of those people pushing or throwing the occupant from a first-storey balcony”.

Pedestrian.tv · Aug 11, 2025

Queensland MP recovering in hospital after car crash

Queensland Greens leader Michael Berkman says he's hopeful MP Amy MacMahon will make a full recovery after suffering serious injuries in a car crash.

AAP · Feb 12, 2024

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

A decade after he spent time there recovering from a car crash, Dr Dinesh Palipana says he's hearing complaints related to patient care and the dignity of patients while they are in the spinal unit at the Princess Alexandra hospital in Brisbane's inner south.

ABC News · Apr 15, 2023

Sir Rod Stewart visits local hospital and pays for day of NHS scans to help cut waiting lists

The Celtic-daft singer proved he's not 'all mouth and trousers' after calling a Sky News phone-in last month and pledging to fund a day of scans on the NHS.

Daily Record · Feb 24, 2023

Brisbane sonographer Dennis Orola sentenced to four years' jail for sexually assaulting patients

Dennis Orola sexually assaulted three women while carrying out ultrasounds at the Princess Alexandra Hospital between 2018 and 2020.

ABC News · Feb 20, 2023

Woman called 999 while in hospital because she thought she 'was going to die'

Ara Emile has claimed that she is "lucky to still be alive" after her two-week-long stay at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Essex where she was receiving treatment for Sickle Cell disease

Daily Mirror · Dec 3, 2022

Teenager shot in chest at Logan in stable condition in hospital

A 17-year-old Logan boy dropped at hospital with a gunshot wound to his chest is in a stable condition in the Princess Alexandra Hospital.

ABC News · Sep 7, 2022

Christmas could be in jeopardy for a third year as COVID-19 waves set to continue indefinitely, experts warn

COVID-19 threatens to thwart many Queenslanders' Christmas plans for a third consecutive year, but the New Year brings the hope of next-generation vaccines that may better dampen virus transmission.

ABC News · Aug 9, 2022

Queensland jockey Leah Kilner critically injured after falling during race at Grafton

The 24-year-old was flown to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane after being thrown from Stella's Turn in the home straight in race three at Grafton in northern New South Wales on Sunday.

ABC News · Jul 3, 2022