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]

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]