Whitsunday people with suspected cardiac problems now have access to more testing at Proserpine Hospital. Cardiac Clinical Nurse Consultant Kristy Lee said the introduction of Holter monitors and Cardiac Stress Testing means people no longer have to travel to Mackay, Townsville or Brisbane. A Holter monitor is a portable battery-operated device that measures and records… [Read More]

The Queensland Government has acted immediately to ensure the safety and wellbeing of patients, staff and visitors after a detailed assessment identified potentially combustible cladding at Mackay Base Hospital. Samples of aluminium composite panels – mainly on the high facades of the hospital buildings – were sent to the University of Queensland’s fire safety testing… [Read More]

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]

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]

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]