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10 April 2025
Stores across Mackay selling illicit tobacco and vapes hit with closures and face hefty fines
Illicit tobacco and vape products have been seized and stores closed in raids across Mackay as strict new laws were enforced in the region for the first time.
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06 April 2025
Rural medicine key to tailor-made career for Tim
Tim grew up in multi-cultural Toronto and moved to Australia to study medicine. “I’ve always been drawn to medicine, even since high school. I like using science and evidence to help people’s lives,” he said.
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09 October 2024
Care and comfort a pressing issue for linen services team
Every day, more than three tonnes of linen, including clean and dirty sheets, towels, blankets, scrubs and gowns, are delivered to and collected from wards and theatres across Mackay Base Hospital.
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08 October 2024
Week puts spotlight on important work of operational staff
This week we celebrate Operational Services Recognition Week (7 to 11 October), acknowledging the important work done by operational staff across the Mackay HHS.
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16 September 2024
Trainees graduate ready for next step in healthcare careers
A graduation ceremony at Mackay Base Hospital for six Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students marks the next big step in turning their healthcare career dreams into a reality.
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03 September 2024
Nurse a witness to four decades of change in rural hospital
In her 45 years working at Proserpine Hospital, Leigh Ironside has witnessed many incredible and dynamic changes in the nursing profession.
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03 September 2024
Doctor’s gran was first baby born at Proserpine 100 years ago
A surprising twist of fate has resulted in a Proserpine Hospital obstetrician discovering her own grandmother was the first baby born at the facility 100 years ago.
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15 August 2024
Rising medical star passionate about relentless, rewarding role
If you’re a patient at Mackay Base Hospital you may run into one of the region’s rising medical stars; she may even help with the birth of your child.
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06 August 2024
Nurse credits breast screening with saving her life
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.
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05 August 2024
Supply team is the ‘backbone’ of health service
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.