More than $145,000 in research grants has been awarded to 10 recipients to support research linked to hospitals in south metropolitan Perth.

Once again the exceptional talent of our medical staff has been recognised at the Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospitals Group Medical Staff Awards 2019.

Hand towels used across Fiona Stanley Hospital operating theatres – known as huck towels – are no longer going to landfill thanks to an exciting project helping both the environment and ParaQuad Industries.

Oncologist Dr Indunil Weerasena is on a mission to blow the cover of a highly aggressive and difficult-to-detect form of breast cancer and believes a mysterious protein could hold the key to the breakthrough.