With September’s Week For Leukemia on the horizon, Leukemia Support Queensland (LSQ) has launched a campaign to build a state-of-the-art pathology lab at Redcliffe Hospital, Caboolture Hospital or North Lakes.
Currently it can take up to 5 days for a Moreton Bay patient to receive blood results after a serious diagnosis of Leukemia or other life threatening diseases, and with the region having two of Brisbane’s largest hospitals, LSQ President Jane McMillan has said it is time the region has consulting pathologists.