North Queensland now feels like home to Sarina Senior Medical Officer Dr Keith Walsh. Keith is part way through a 12-month contract at Sarina Hospital where he says his skills in emergency medicine get regular use. “In a rural community get you plenty of farm injuries and most of these patients are very stoic. They’ve… [Read More]

The KemKem Yanga Midwifery Group Practice (MGP) is up and running again following the successful recruitment to all four clinical midwife positions. The model of care is now available for women who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. Women who are having a baby who identifies are also welcome to birth in this service…. [Read More]

Mackay Hospital and Health Service is recruiting participants to join a national clinical trial for an investigational vaccine for Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). The Mackay Institute of Research and Innovation (MIRI) is one of 33 trial sites around Australia seeking participants for a study assessing the co-administration of the annual flu vaccine with the investigational… [Read More]

The COVID-19 pandemic has set Mackay Public Health Unit Senior Environmental Health Officer AnneMarie Farrelly on a new career trajectory. AnneMarie has won a Health Heroes Scholarship to study a Master of Epidemiology at the University of Queensland. Epidemiology is the study of how often diseases occur in different groups of people and why. Epidemiological… [Read More]

I would like to reassure you that Mackay Hospital and Health Service is committed to establishing a sustainable medical model to support hospital patients and aged care residents in Clermont. However, this cannot be at any cost. We must make judicious use of public money and could not agree to the proposal by Clermont4Doctors for… [Read More]