{"id":52764,"date":"2020-11-14T16:56:43","date_gmt":"2020-11-14T16:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=52764"},"modified":"2020-11-14T16:56:43","modified_gmt":"2020-11-14T16:56:43","slug":"quadriplegic-gold-coast-spinal-doctor-is-queenslands-australian-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/quadriplegic-gold-coast-spinal-doctor-is-queenslands-australian-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Quadriplegic Gold Coast spinal doctor is Queensland\u2019s Australian of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"mvp-post-title left entry-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Quadriplegic Gold Coast spinal doctor is Queensland\u2019s Australian of the Year<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-52765 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Dr-Dinesh-Palipana-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Dr-Dinesh-Palipana\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Source:<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/island.lk\/quadriplegic-gold-coast-spinal-doctor-is-queenslands-australian-of-the-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Island<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The 36-year-old founder of Doctors with Disabilities Australia is Queensland\u2019s 2021 Australian of Year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Dr Dinesh Palipana OAM is senior resident at the Gold Coast University Hospital, a recent law graduate as well as the doctor for the Gold Coast Titans physical disability rugby league team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Dr Palipana has built an international profile through his speeches with TEDx talks and has contributed immensely to spinal research in Australia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">He was named by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk at a special presentation on Tuesday night, ahead of the national Australia Day awards in January.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">\u201cDr Dinesh Palipana knows no barriers,\u201d Palaszczuk said on Tuesday night.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">\u201cHe is a truly inspiring person and a much-deserved recipient of the Queensland Australian of the Year Award.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Dr Palipana is the first quadriplegic medical graduate and medical intern in Queensland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">\u201cAs co-founder of Doctors with Disabilities Australia, he helped create national policies for inclusivity in medical education and employment,\u201d Palaszczuk said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">\u201cHe speaks, writes and advocates for the equitable treatment of people with a disability and has contributed significantly to the advancement of treating spinal cord injuries and restoring functions for people with paralysis.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Dr Palipana was seriously injured in a car crash on Brisbane\u2019s Gateway Bridge in 2010 that robbed him of the use of his legs and left him with limited use of his arm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">In 2019 he began research on equipment that could \u2013 in the future \u2013 help people with disabilities walk, or even ride a bike again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Dr Palipana and fellow researchers are working on a BioSpine which reads brain patterns, bypasses the spine and sends electrical signals to a patient\u2019s legs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; 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