Mackay Hospital and Health Service’s eight hospitals have completed emergency management planning for the looming natural disaster season. Emergency Management Coordinator Jenny Luke said preparations for summer started months in advance to ensure the region’s eight hospitals were ready. “Whether it’s a cyclone, bushfire, floods or prolonged power outages, the Mackay, Whitsunday and Isaac region… [Read More]

Young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are being encouraged to make an early start towards a career in healthcare. Mackay Hospital and Health Service has partnered with CQUniversity and Australian Training Works with support from Northern Queensland Primary Health Network to recruit Year 11 students to a school-based traineeship in 2021. The program has… [Read More]

Jacob Handley’s commitment to public health tobacco legislation has been recognised with Environmental Health Australia’s (Queensland) Early Career Environmental Health Professional of the Year 2019 award. The Mackay Hospital and Health Service Public Health Unit environmental health officer was presented with the award in Townsville which acknowledges the valuable efforts and contributions of any person… [Read More]

An increase in snake bite presentations across Mackay Hospital and Health Service has prompted a warning by emergency doctors. Since the beginning of September, 28 people have been treated for snake bites at Mackay Base and rural hospitals, in comparison to 17 for the same period last year. Mackay Base Hospital Emergency Department physician Dr… [Read More]

Imagine having to go to the supermarket. You feel uneasy all the way to the shops and as you approach the entrance your heart starts to beat faster. Your mouth goes dry and the butterflies in your stomach begin. Your palms become sweaty; you have nausea; you feel lightheaded. Now, you are panicking. You look… [Read More]