A message to the Clermont community from Chief Medical Officer Dr David Farlow
I would like to reassure you that Mackay Hospital and Health Service is committed to establishing a sustainable medical model to support hospital patients and aged care residents in Clermont. However, this cannot be at any cost. We must make judicious use of public money and could not agree to the proposal by Clermont4Doctors for… [Read More]
Collinsville welcomes second doctor
Collinsville already feels like home to Dr Cathy Reto. Cathy joined the team at the MPHS in January this year, filling a vacancy for a much needed second doctor to work at the hospital, in aged care and in general practice. Before coming to Collinsville she was the Medical Superintendent at Hughenden Hospital and the… [Read More]
Birthing babies in a COVID pandemic
Supporting mums with COVID-19 to birth their babies is now all in a day’s work for Mackay Base Hospital Registered Midwife Kate Aitchison. Kate said she had now cared for quite a few positive mums during birth and on the ward. “Fortunately, the mothers I have looked after have been feeling pretty well and have… [Read More]
COVID-19 update 08/02/22
Today we have: 22 new positive COVID-19 cases 635 active cases 9 are in hospital and 49 are on the virtual ward. There are still positive cases in eight residential aged care facilities, including two at the MontCler facility in Clermont. In the past 24 hours Mackay HHS did 355 PCR tests at the Showgrounds… [Read More]
Surviving COVID-19 one breath at a time
Bowen Hospital Indigenous Health Worker Charmaine Pangi feared the virus would finish her off alone in a lonely hospital bed without her mob and loved ones by her side. There was more than one moment Charmaine thought she was done for as she struggled to breath in the COVID-19 ward at Mackay Base Hospital. Her… [Read More]
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