Renae German, Health Promotion Officer Bowel Cancer Screening My job is … to promote awareness of the Bowel Cancer Screening program to increase bowel cancer prevention and early detection in the Mackay Hospital and Health Service region. I was attracted to this job because … it was an opportunity to be a part of cancer… [Read More]
Jenny confronts her health journey head on in challenge
With only two weeks left in the health challenge participant Jenny Marwick has never felt better about herself. 9kg down and 15cm taken off from around her waist, Jenny is a real contender for winning the $3,000 Mackay City Centre healthy lifestyle voucher, but more importantly has made small lifestyle changes with big results. She… [Read More]
Ahoy there me hearties! Cap’n Logan says it’s time to Talk Like A Pirate
Little Logan Lindsay was just five months old when doctors removed a tumour the size of an orange from his brain. Just weeks earlier he stopped rolling over and sitting up, and a growing lump on the side of his head told Casey and Tony something was very wrong with their youngest child. “We thought… [Read More]
Expert busts drinking water myth
Linking the taste of Mackay’s award-winning drinking water to the removal of fluoride is misleading. Mackay Public Health physician Dr Steven Donohue said the claim on the front page of the Daily Mercury was not based on fact. “Linking a taste award to stopping fluoride years ago is disappointing,” Dr Donohue said. … [Read More]
Regular traveller to Bowen gives thanks to oncology unit
For 22 years Frank Furriga and his wife have Kay have been visiting Bowen during the winter months to escape the cold in their hometown of Latrobe Valley, Victoria. While visiting he has been receiving life-saving treatment at Bowen Hospital oncology unit. Mr Furriga has given his thanks to the unit for looking after him… [Read More]
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