Four state-of-the-art Giraffe Incubator humidicribs now take pride of place in Mackay Base Hospital’s special care nursery ready to care for the region’s most vulnerable babies. The new humidicribs feature technology including touch screens, built-in weighing scales and elevated mattress to help ensure newborns thrive in their early days. Baby Hunter Kirkwood is the first… [Read More]

Mackay Base Hospital ward assistant Luke Miller has combined a passion for patient care with his talent for music by introducing regular jam sessions at the hospital’s Mental Health Inpatient Unit. As a keen guitarist, Mr Miller started the weekly 45-minute music session as an opportunity for the unit’s consumers to become more engaged through… [Read More]

The ‘wall of bongs’ never fails to make visitors to Mackay Hospital and Health Service’s public health unit do a double take. But the collection of seized bongs, pipes and ‘items that resemble a smoking product’ that has pride of place in the office is no laughing matter and forms an important role in training…. [Read More]

Ashton Walker is a natural runner which is why his disappointing school cross country result and subsequent illness triggered alarm bells for Mum Tara. Tara said her son was exhausted and exhibiting flu like symptoms and when he didn’t improve, she took him to their family doctor. “We took Ashton to the GP who did… [Read More]

Greg Torkington is your typical Aussier battler. The former coal miner and Collinsville resident has just been through the toughest health journey of his life but that hasn’t slowed him down. In April this year he was chasing his dog, Rip, around the yard when he kicked his toe on a concrete slab. When things… [Read More]