Parents of prep students are being encouraged to take advantage of free vision screening checks by the Primary School Nurse Health Readiness Program (PSNHRP) in 2021. Mackay HHS delivers the screening service to prep students attending state, catholic and independent schools across the Mackay, Whitsunday and Isaac regions. Registered nurse Christina Morice said the state-wide… [Read More]

A new set of dentures will soon put an end to months of appointments, missing teeth and the frustration of food limitations for Ted Amos. In about six weeks the 83-year-old will receive his upper and lower acrylic dentures created by the Mackay Base Hospital Dental Clinic. Ted said he is looking forward to having… [Read More]

World-first research to rapidly diagnose sepsis-causing blood stream infections was launched at Mackay Base Hospital’s Pathology Queensland laboratory today. Microbio’s InfectID-BSI (blood stream infection) assay uses PCR testing to find the DNA of bacteria and yeast to allow clinicians to prescribe specific antimicrobials. Currently blood samples are cultured for 12 hours or longer to see… [Read More]

Grace Metten is one of the graduate nurses to work as a rural reliver across hospitals in Dysart, Proserpine and Collinsville. Rural relievers spend six to eight weeks at each facility and undergo a longer orientation to provide some additional skills they will need. Grace said she was looking forward to the challenge to working… [Read More]

Providing frontline care, supporting staff with nurse education and engaging local consumer groups is all in a day’s work for Clermont Multi-purpose Health Service nurse unit manager Garth Brewster-Webb. He had been nursing at metro hospitals in emergency critical care for over a decade before deciding it was time for a new challenge and made… [Read More]