MUM-of-four Amy Drinkwater admitted to feeling a bit nervous when heading home with premmie identical twin boys Hunter and Ryder, after the babies spent a month in the Mackay Base Hospital’s Special Care Nursery (SCN). The boys, who were due on December 4, arrived eight weeks early on October 14. “Our first baby Willow was… [Read More]

FOLLOWING the success of the first intake of students to complete the Budyubari Bidyiri Kebi Stapal (Big Dream Small Steps) program, the Mackay Hospital and Health Service (MHHS) is encouraging current Year 10 students to consider applying for the school-based health traineeships. MHHS Manager HR Strategy & Engagement Onno Van Es said nine students graduated… [Read More]

Benjamin Rochester’s outstanding contributions to investigating and promoting environmental health compliance has been recognised with a prestigious industry award. The Mackay Public Health Unit Environmental Health Officer was the recipient of Environmental Health Australia’s (Queensland) Early Career Environmental Health Professional of the Year 2021-22 award in September. This year’s Excellence Awards were presented in Dalby… [Read More]

MACKAY Base Hospital’s stroke team has been recognised as one of the best in the country for the second time in the past three years. A total of 12 hospitals were recognised for their high standard of care at the Australian Stroke Coalition Quality Stroke Service Excellence Awards last week, and the Mackay team also… [Read More]

An analysis of the latest data on cardiac outcome performance in Queensland’s public hospitals has demonstrated that Mackay Base Hospital’s Cardiac Catheter Laboratory has one of the best success rates in the state when it comes to saving lives. Director of Cardiology, Dr Michael Zhang said data from the Queensland Cardiac Outcomes Registry (QCOR) demonstrates… [Read More]