by julie.spears | Jul 15, 2024
Written for the Australian Private Hospitals Association (APHA), published in the PH News. Newcastle surgeon Professor Kelvin Kong has discovered that sometimes, it pays to check your emails. The proud Worimi man, who became Australia’s first Indigenous surgeon,...
by julie.spears | Jul 15, 2024
Written for the Australian Private Hospitals Association (APHA), published in the PH News. Working together is the key to a better health care system. That was the message from Australian Private Hospitals Association (APHA) board president, Christine Gee, at the...
by julie.spears | Jul 15, 2024
Written for the Australian Private Hospitals Association (APHA), published in the PH News. Researchers at Chris O’Brien Lifehouse (COBL) have discovered a ground-breaking method of detecting brain cancer with a simple test that can be done anywhere, any time. Head of...
by julie.spears | Jul 14, 2022
This is a story I wrote about inspirational cancer patient, Gail Nason, for the Australian Private Hospitals Association in 2019 Gail Nason has spent most of her life as a self-confessed “couch potato”. But five years of battling cancer has taught her that...
by julie.spears | Jul 14, 2022
I was privileged to interview the 2020 Australian of the Year, Dr James Muecke, for the Australian Private Hospitals Association earlier this year. In a medical career spanning three decades, Dr James Muecke has performed some of the most complex surgeries on...
