Amazing People

Medical research is changing lives every day. Over ten years, a properly resourced researcher team can make dramatic discoveries and develop new treatments, new procedures, new vaccines, and new diagnosis methods which will change lives in our life time.

Read some of the amazing stories of people whose lives have been changed by research and care at The Prince Charles Hospital.

Tracy’s heart stopped one day while she was at work. Read more.		Twin sisters Stef and Michelle have both had lung transplants. Read more.
Chris had a heart and lung transplant. Then he played cricket for Australia. Read more.		Celeste was given two years to live. That was five years ago. Read more.
Candi’s arteries were back to front till her heart transplant 12 years ago. Read more.		Jess spent four months in hospital waiting for her double lung transplant. Now she's fit and healthy. Read more.
Despite needing a new heart valve, Graeme competed in the World Iron Man Championships. Read more.		Good treatment kept Keith off the transplant list for 20 years. Read more.
William was born a month after Trevor's double lung transplant. Read more.		Nick thought he had asthma until The Prince Charles Hospital diagnosed a rare lung disease. Read more.
Three days after her son was born, Shelley's heart failed. Read more.		Lawrie loves to play with the grandchild he nearly didn't live to meet. Read more.
Melinda had a triple organ transplant. Now she's planning a wedding. Read more.