Little Rhia Nina Youse weighed just one kilogram when she was born 10 weeks early. The first daughter of Andergrove couple Melina Mifsud and Madison Youse, Rhia was born by caesarean section in Townsville on 18 December. She wasn’t actually due until 27 February 2025. New mum Melina had a “perfect pregnancy” until she began… [Read More]

Nursing graduate Stef Wickes crossed the Tasman with a zest for adventure and desire to learn. She does admit she was surprised by the heat, arriving in Mackay at 10pm in January.   “The muggy conditions hit me as soon as I got off the plane– it’s still hitting me every day since,” she said…. [Read More]

A service which nurtures and cares for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families has taken a further step in its development with the opening of a special facility located within the community in North Mackay. The Kem Kem Yanga Midwifery Group Practice (MGP) program is a maternity service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers… [Read More]

Communication skills and rapport building are the key to helping Tayah McKinnon relate to her elderly patients. Tayah is one of five first-year physiotherapists to start work at Mackay HHS this year. Raised in Mackay, Tayah contemplated a career in dentistry, medicine or midwifery while studying at Holy Spirit College, before finally deciding on physiotherapy… [Read More]

Mackay Hospital and Health Service (HHS) has welcomed another strong intake of graduate registered nurses for the year as the third orientation session reaches completion this week. Mackay HHS Executive Director Nursing and Midwifery James Williams Jenkins said 79 newly qualified nurses have been recruited to the 2025 Mackay HHS Nursing and Midwifery Graduate Program…. [Read More]