Taylor Swift has left sick kids starstruck after a surprise visit to Brisbane’s Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital.

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The US pop singer, in Queensland for almost a week, spent time at the bedsides of young patients, with Children’s Health Queensland tweeting a photo late on Tuesday of her posing with one very happy teenager.

Taylor Swift at the Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital in Brisbane. Photo: Instagram

Swift has been in Queensland while new partner Tom Hiddleston prepares for his role as Loki in the new movie Thor: Ragnarok, which is being filmed on the Gold Coast.