Mackay Hospital and Health Service has recruited 50 graduate nurses and midwives to work across our eight hospitals. Chief Executive Lisa Davies Jones said the intake included four midwives who would work at Mackay Base and Proserpine hospitals. Another two graduates will join the health service in July this year.“All of our graduates are local… [Read More]

Mackay Hospital and Health Service has welcomed a record number of 46 intern doctors this year. Chief Executive Lisa Davies Jones said it was pleasing Mackay was the first preference for the new doctors. Ms Davies Jones said some of the group had spent time in Mackay on placement as medical students. The group includes… [Read More]

Can you spot a safe mushroom from a toxic one? Not even experts in fungi toxicology can all of the time. This was the case in Mackay recently when an inter-state expert was sent photos to identify. Mackay Base Emergency Department emergency medicine specialist Dr Helen Deacon said the mushrooms in question had a pale… [Read More]

Mackay Base Hospital’s new rapid testing pathology instrument dubbed the ‘Panther’ is set to boost local COVID-19 and other respiratory condition testing capacity. The Hologic Panther Fusion can diagnose COVID-19, influenza and other respiratory conditions in approximately three hours from receipt of the specimen using molecular diagnostics which detect viral fragments. The Pather uses Polymerase… [Read More]