When growing up in southern India, the expected career pathways for Sujatha Anand were in engineering or medicine. The Obstetrics & Gynaecology (O&G) specialist chose medicine and began a journey which ultimately brought her to Mackay in the heat of a northern summer in 2019. “There was no pressure that I was to become a… [Read More]

Mackay HHS senior library manager Leesa Philip wasn’t surprised to be diagnosed as diabetic 16 years ago. She has a long family history of type 1 and type 2 diabetes. “I’d actually been watching and waiting for it to show up since I was 13,” she said. For the last 18 months, Leesa has been… [Read More]

Joanne Morganson was late into a nursing career which sees her now caring for early arrivals. As a neonatal nurse at Mackay Base Hospital, Jo is one of the supportive, caring and friendly faces in the Special Care Nursery (SCN) looking after families and preterm babies 32 weeks gestation and later or babies who are… [Read More]

Kirsten Jordan and partner Matt Gallagher had excitedly marked November 22 on the calendar; It was their baby’s due date during what was a “straightforward, very easy and stress-free” pregnancy. But a fishing trip in “glassed out conditions on the long weekend” when she was 33 weeks pregnant chartered a new course in Kirsten’s journey… [Read More]

Even after 30 years nursing, Kylie Gibson is still amazed by what she refers to as the “perioperative waltz”. “Working in theatre is a bit like a dance; it’s very coordinated and everyone is doing their own job, but we are all very focussed on collaboration, communication and mutual respect to achieve the best outcome… [Read More]