Mackay Hospital and Health Service (HHS) is happy to announce that a permanent doctor has commenced work at the Clermont Multi-Purpose Health Service (MPHS) on Monday, 6 November. The appointment is also warmly welcomed by community advocate group Clermont4Doctors. Mackay HHS Executive Director of Public Health and Rural Services Terry Johnson said both organisations had… [Read More]

The pathway to a career specialising in the care of children emerged early in his studies for Mackay Base Hospital’s Dr Gopakumar Hariharan (known to all as Dr Gopan). “I always wanted to be a paediatrician, right from my medical graduate years,” Dr Gopan said. “I was fortunate to have great feedback from my supervisors… [Read More]

Helicopter landings at Mackay Base Hospital have temporarily relocated to the Mackay airport at the request of CQ Rescue and Babcock Aviation. This is due to their concern with early site works associated with the expansion of the hospital. CQ Rescue has conducted a risk assessment, and we are working with them to have landings… [Read More]

When the heady smell of molasses is in the wind at Sarina, the hospital’s Director of Nursing (DON) Pauline Maude breathes deeply and feels she is where she’s meant to be. “As a child I lived in Fiji,” Pauline said. “Dad was an engineer in the sugar mills there, and that’s why I love Sarina,… [Read More]

When Claudia Stephson returned to the MontCler aged care facility in Clermont after a few days away, she was warmly welcomed by the residents she works with. It’s no wonder when you learn more about the care and attention she brings to her role as the facility’s diversional therapist. It was a career move made… [Read More]