A stranger’s generosity in 2012 will forever be remembered by Deb Donnelly and her family as a life-changing gift. The gift came in the form a donated kidney, following a diagnosis from her doctor in 2003 that her body was going in to renal failure at the age of 46. Deb would go on to… [Read More]

It may be from the chicken that’s been left out to defrost or a cutting board that hasn’t been washed but symptoms of abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea generally mean one thing – gastroenteritis. This Australian Food Safety Week (14-21 November 2020), team leader environmental health Andrew Jones is reminding people of safe food… [Read More]

Mackay Base Hospital respiratory clinical nurse Lorna Reddy is using World COPD Day (November 18) to encourage people living with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) to reach out and connect with the Mackay HHS Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program. “COPD is a common lung condition impacting both men and women with around one in seven Australians aged… [Read More]

Mackay HHS is part of a state-wide campaign to help drive drive down soaring rates of a potentially fatal complication of Type 1 diabetes in children. The Townsville Hospital and Health Service Endocrinologist and chair of the state-wide Type 1 diabetes working group Dr Jason Yates said DKA – diabetic ketoacidosis – was a severe… [Read More]

Bowen Hospital staff launched their Bowen shirt in #NAIDOCWeek2020 celebrating the First Nations people in their area. The shirt was designed by local designer Robbie Paul in consultation with the community elders and Bowen’s Hospital indigenous health worker Charmaine Pangi. The greeting Wadda Mooli is traditional for welcome and was incorporated in the shirt design along with… [Read More]