Mackay HHS

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Mackay HHS is implementing a new program designed specifically to reduce rates of late gestation stillbirth across Australia @CREStillbirth https://t.co/A2ayf38Cyf

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Six Mackay Base Hospital nurses have wrapped up another career milestone by attending their long-awaited Master of Clinical Nursing graduation ceremony. More here: https://t.co/ki7RplvQkk

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A Mackay Base Hospital cancer patient is giving back by volunteering to help those going through the same journey. Read more here https://t.co/vqRpVBz4Ju

#NVW2021

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Today the sod was turned on a $7 million project that will give Bowen Hospital its first CT scanner, an expanded medical imaging suite and the capacity to increase our renal dialysis service in the future.

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Meet the people who are using their experience to help guide maternity services in our community. Read more here https://t.co/576gcEUskG

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Watch the dramatic moment a Mackay Base Hospital cardiologist drills into a blocked calcified artery to restore blood flow to the heart. The new rotablation procedure has been performed for the first time in Mackay. Full story at https://t.co/5hUYGyO5dc

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World-first research to rapidly diagnose sepsis-causing blood stream infections is happening at Mackay Base Hospital’s Pathology Queensland lab. Microbio’s InfectID-BSI (blood stream infection) assay uses PCR testing to find the DNA of bacteria and yeast https://t.co/O227e8SPrf

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There is some confusion circulating regarding the location of QLD’s 6 vaccination ‘hubs’. We thought it would be worth confirming that the initial locations being established are in 📍Townsville, 📍Cairns, 📍Gold Coast, 📍Sunshine Coast and 📍Brisbane (RBWH and PA hospitals). 1/2

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20 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teenagers are the first to be recruited into the new Budyubari Bidyiri Kebi Stapal Program, which translates to Big Dream, Small Steps.
The Program will help them gain careers in healthcare through a school-based #traineeship in 2021.

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Congratulations to our new #intern #doctors starting their career in the Mackay HHS today! They have completed a two week orientation and over the next year at the Mackay Base, Bowen, Proserpine and Mater hospitals and a local GP. Full story here https://t.co/zjT5bzy84V

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COVID-19 swab testing is now done at Pathology Queensland's Mackay Base Hospital lab thanks to the arrival of the new 'big cat' the Hologenic Panther Fusion instrument https://t.co/8WR1bbTwNr

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@MylesWalk @tobiloftus We can confirm the new big cat is the Pride of pathology and lab staff are all feline fine #notpink

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A confronting new video showing what a #button battery does to a slice of raw chicken. Our Emergency Departments are pleading for adults to carefully watch babies and toddlers in your home this Christmas https://t.co/K3orvKOhbI

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One of our own, Vivien Hanrahan, has been recognised for 30 years of giving after being announced as a Volunteer of the Year finalist in the 2020 Queensland Volunteering Awards.

Read more here https://t.co/I26mk21Lgn

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“Rural nursing is an experience like no other. It opens the door to a number of skills in a range of clinical areas while providing a sense of personal achievement knowing you have helped others." - Danica Mather from Dysart Hospital.

Read more here https://t.co/w7AMaJ8TTh

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Thank you to Proserpine State School who have donated puzzles, colouring books, pencils and stickers to Proserpine Hospital.

The school raised $500 from a recent colour run and chose to purchase and put together a box full of activities for the hospital.

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Accepting the role of an operational officer was an easy decision for Allan Rundell. Working with Mackay Base Hospital for seven years now, Allan said it was a positive personal experience that encouraged him to work in #patientcare. More here: https://t.co/a3OJiyFx55

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#AntimicrobialAwarenessWeek draws attention to the effective use of antimicrobials in patient care, and in the prevention and containment of antimicrobial resistance.
More here: https://t.co/tcKQWkAuAF

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Today we say thank you to Australian organ donors and their families who have selflessly donated organs and tissue to benefit others. Read about Deb Donnelly’s life-changing gift here https://t.co/zigURGFulx @DonateLifeToday #donatelifethankyouday