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]

Current registered organ and tissue donors are being encouraged to inspire family and friends to be their ‘plus one’ this DonateLife Week. Mackay’s Donation Specialist Nurse Coordinator Donna Contor said if every registered person found just one person to register on the Australian Organ Donor Register, donor numbers would double. “We want all Australians to… [Read More]

A rogue peewee is making behind a spate of eye injuries that has seen five people treated at Proserpine Hospitals Emergency Department. Proserpine Hospital Director of Medical Services Dr Shaun Grimes said the pedestrians all had eye (corneal) injuries after being swooped in the main street of Airlie Beach. Dr Grimes said the bird strikes… [Read More]

Sarina Hospital physiotherapist Sam Forrest knew volunteering at a burns hospital in Nepal would be a challenging eye-opener the minute she walked through the door. Broken beds and sub-standard hand hygiene were just some of her first impressions of the 150-bed hospital in Banepa, north of Kathmandu. Spurred on by her fulfilling volunteer role with… [Read More]