Supporting women throughout pregnancy, labour, birth and early parenting has been Marion Fazakerley’s passion for 30 years. The Mackay Birth Centre midwife made the move from nursing to midwifery in 1990 after supporting a friend during the natural birth of her daughter. “It was such a calm, beautiful experience. From that moment on I wanted… [Read More]

Have you met the members of our Maternity Consumer Reference Group (Maternity CRG)? Mackay Hospital and Health Service Chief Executive and Maternity CRG Chair Lisa Davies Jones would like to introduce you to the people who are using their experience to help guide maternity services in our community. “Since establishing our first consumer group five… [Read More]

People living with persistent pain in Moranbah, Dysart and Clermont are being offered support through a new program at their local hospitals. The Virtual Integrated Pain Centre provides people with access topain management programs and is delivered with support of Allied Health Assistants at each facility. Hinterland Allied Health Team Leader Rebecca McDonnell said new… [Read More]

For almost half a century Lyn McTavish has dedicated her working-life to the health and wellbeing of others. The Mackay Base Hospital endorsed enrolled nurse recently turned 80 and has no immediate plans to retire, although she knows the time to make that decision is looming. “Each year I say I won’t re-register but as… [Read More]

Lisa Milne remembers sitting in the old dining room at Proserpine Hospital as a six-year-old while her grandmother worked as a cook. Her grandmother also had the young Girl Guide hard at work, cleaning louvres in the walkways to earn her community service badge. Now, 40 years later, Lisa is still working in the hospital… [Read More]