A message from CE Jo Whitehead and Incident Commander Paul Welford The first daylight sit rep from our hospitals shows everyone is safe and continuing to provide care to patients. All hospitals are very busy so again you are asked not to come in to Emergency unless it is a genuine emergency. There are no… [Read More]

Elective surgery, specialist outpatient appointments and clinics remain cancelled at Mackay, Proserpine and Bowen hospitals due to Cyclone Debbie. Appointments are cancelled in: • Specialist Outpatients Department appointments including allied health, antenatal, women’s and children’s clinics • Mackay, Bowen and Proserpine dental and radiology • Cannonvale and Bowen community health centres • Mackay Community Mental… [Read More]

All non-clinical staff not already deployed to other duties should liaise with their line managers and organise to go home. Non-clinical staff will be needed after the cyclone to assist.   Check power points   Please check which devices are connected to essential (red) and UPS (blue) power sockets. Any devices with rechargeable batteries should… [Read More]

Mackay HHS has activated its Code Green natural disaster planning and has stood up its Emergency Operations Centre (EOC). The EOC team and Queensland Ambulance Service met on Sunday night to assess the current situation and health resources. EOC will meet again on Monday morning for more forward planning. Staff messages The most important thing… [Read More]