Chief Executive Jo Whitehead reflects on our plans to prepare for COVID-19 Two months Mackay HHS faced the very real problem of a COVID-19 outbreak – think New York and the UK and the thousands of lives lost. Our social distancing measures and restrictions had only been implemented and we didn’t know how helpful they… [Read More]
Health Service staff prepare for flu season
Staff across Mackay Hospital and Health Service are rolling up their sleeves for the annual Influenza vaccine to protect themselves, patients and community this Influenza season. Mackay Hospital and Health Service Infection Prevention & Management Clinical Nurse Consultant Jenny Seymour said the health service is once again supporting Queensland Health’s Influenza vaccination campaign and had… [Read More]
Donated clothes giving dignity back to mental health consumers in need
When David Bosanquet arrived at the Mental Health Inpatient Unit at Mackay Base Hospital, he had nothing but the clothes on his back. “I came with just a pair of shorts and a t-shirt and I was worried about being dirty. I had absolutely nothing,” he said. David’s story is a common one with many… [Read More]
Mackay HHS resumes some services
It’s progressively becoming business as usual in the Mackay Hospital and Health Service as some services resume now the immediate threat of Coronavirus COVID-19 has passed. Chief Executive Jo Whitehead said the COVID-19 Incident Management Team had made the decision based on expert advice from public health and infectious disease specialists. Additional elective surgery has… [Read More]
COVID-19 maternity services update
Dear Maternity Consumer, As the immediate threat of Coronavirus COVID-19 has passed in the Mackay Hospital and Health Service area our maternity services are gradually returning to levels you are more familiar with. When we initiated changes to our services in March it was in the face of the very real possibility of a local… [Read More]
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