Mackay’s new purpose-built Step Up Step Down residential mental health facility has opened its doors. The $5.4 million facility in Shakespeare Street provides a local recovery service for people with severe and complex mental health conditions. The ten-bed facility is a partnership between Mackay HHS and Mind Australia and was funded by the State Government…. [Read More]

Total laparascopic hysterectomies will be the way of the future at Mackay Base Hospital thanks to a new program upskilling theatre staff. The Base is one of four Queensland hospitals participating in the IMAGINE trial run by the University of Queensland’s Centre for Gynaecological Cancer Research. Clinical Director Dr Kathleen Braniff said while the procedure… [Read More]

Aged care residents will be saved unnecessary visits to the Emergency Department following the launch of an expanded telehealth service at Mackay Base Hospital. Residents at ten aged care facilities in Mackay and Sarina are benefitting from the service, the first of its kind in Queensland. The Aging in Place project is a collaboration between… [Read More]

Base Hospital radiographer Tiarne Tattingham has been garnered with CQUniversity’s prestigious ESA Medical Imaging Award presented at the annual Student Awards. The award recognises Tiarne’s achievement for obtaining the region’s highest female Bachelor of Medical Imaging student GPA average. Growing up in the Northern Territory playing with matchbox cars, riding motorbikes and mud car racing… [Read More]

Improving oral health practices and decreasing sugar intake is the key focus this Dental Health Week. Mackay Hospital and Health Service Director of Oral Health Dr Ronel Bornman said the 2019 theme, ‘How’s your oral health tracking’, is more important than ever. “The ADA states only 51% of adults brush their teeth twice a day… [Read More]