An urgent danger to life warning has been issued as floodwaters submerge the city of Lismore on the northern NSW coast on Monday and more rain expected for Tuesday..
A 10-year-old girl has become the first person to undergo a patient-matched 3D-printed ear reconstruction in groundbreaking Queensland-first surgery. Grace Smart was born with microtia, which affected the development of her right ear, and had reconstructive surgery using a custom 3D-printed implant, receiving a bone-anchored hearing aid during the same procedure. Born a non-identical twin at 29 weeks with an absent external right ear, aural atresia, hemifacial microsomia, and weakness of the facial muscles, Grace was treated by multiple specialist services before making the decision to undergo the life-changing surgery in December. The surgery, which took around 12 hours, performed by chief of surgery Dr Stuart Bade at Queensland Children s Hospital, is the first to be done in Queensland and one of the few in the country.