Lifesaving CPR can now be delivered by a high-tech device at Mackay Base Hospital instead of manual chest compressions. The Corpuls CPR delivers effective and consistent compressions throughout resuscitation on patients as young as eight years of age. The device will primarily be used in the Emergency Department but can also be used in other… [Read More]

Triple bypass patient Dolly Hamill is on track to heart health after completing Mackay Base Hospital’s Cardiac Rehabilitation Exercise and Education Program. The eight-week personalised program is led by the hospital’s heart and allied health teams providing support, exercise and education to patients recovering from a cardiac event such as heart attack or stent procedure…. [Read More]

Accepting the role of an operational officer was an easy decision for Allan Rundell. Working with Mackay Base Hospital for seven years now, Allan said it was a positive personal experience that encouraged him to work in patient care. “In 2009, my wife Angie was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma for which she underwent treatment,” he… [Read More]

Mackay Hospital and Health Service emergency department doctors are urging communities to be sun safe and heat-illness aware as summer temperatures rise across the Mackay, Isaac and Whitsunday regions. In the past month, 43 people presented to Mackay HHS emergency departments with heat-related illnesses. Mackay Base Hospital assistant clinical director Dr Bauke Hovinga said it’s… [Read More]

Mackay Base Hospital’s respiratory department is co-ordinating the care and treatment of two active tuberculosis cases. There is no connection between both cases. Both individuals are in isolation at home while they receive treatment. Mackay Hospital and Health Service Executive Director of Medical Services Dr Philip Reasbeck said the hospital’s respiratory team was responding by… [Read More]