Humour is often touted as the best medicine. For self-confessed “oversharer” and special care nursery registered nurse Joanne Morganson, it’s been a vital coping mechanism during her breast cancer treatment journey. After being diagnosed by BreastScreen after a routine mammogram, Jo decided to take “her girls on their final farewell tour” to Tasmania before she… [Read More]

William Baker was an adventurous, headstrong rule breaker; he also had a big and incredibly kind heart. Like most teenage boys, he thought he was bulletproof and immortal, mum Kim Baker said. The Baker family’s world fell apart when William tragically lost his life in 2022 following a serious traffic crash involving a van and… [Read More]

The Queensland Ballet visited Mackay Base Hospital this week to demonstrate how modified dance classes could be en pointe for the rehabilitation and health and wellbeing needs of local patients. Allied health, orthopaedic, neurological, rehabilitation and geriatric clinicians were invited to attend one of two modified dance sessions held at Mackay Base Hospital on Tuesday… [Read More]

Two bright red park benches at Mackay Base Hospital will remind patients and visitors that ‘taking a seat will also help take a stand’ against domestic violence. The red benches were officially launched by Mackay Hospital and Health Service (HHS) on 23 July and are installed in two high profile locations at the hospital; one… [Read More]

Nicole Kingsbury recalls the very first thing she ordered for the Mackay Base Hospital 24 years ago in her new role as a procurement officer; a prosthetic limb. It’s her encyclopaedic knowledge of medical consumables, ability to problem solve and develop contingency plans as well as long history within the hospital environment which makes her… [Read More]