Paramedics are currently transporting a patient with a head injury.
24th June 2019 5:06 PM
OVERINDULGENCE, accidents, injuries and assaults kept patients rolling through the doors of Mackay Base Hospital's...
02nd Jan. 2019 12:01 PM
AN ELDERLY man was trapped in his car after his vehicle rolled over on the Bruce Highway last night.
31st Dec. 2018 9:12 AM
A WOMAN has been undergoing tests at Mackay Base Hospital.
28th Dec. 2018 12:12 PM
THERE has been plenty of festive joy for new parents in the region this Christmas as a number of families welcomed the most...
27th Dec. 2018 9:12 AM
A MOTORCYCLIST is being treated for serious injuries after being involved in a serious accident during the early hours of...
26th Dec. 2018 11:12 AM
THE big man in red and some special helpers landed in Mackay early to help put a spring in the step of sick children at...
24th Dec. 2018 10:12 AM
AN ELDERLY woman who nearly drowned in the Whitsundays remains in the care of staff at Mackay Base Hospital.
23rd Dec. 2018 10:12 AM
MACKAY Hospital and Health Service has been visited by one of the country's most popular indigenous television...
04th Nov. 2018 11:11 AM
BOWEN residents have been urged to take action following a gastroenteritis outbreak.
15th Oct. 2018 1:10 PM
EACH year, about 700 babies born at Mackay Base Hospital - roughly half of all births - need some extra help to survive and...
28th July 2018 6:07 AM
AN Alligator Creek man is concerned wait times at Mackay Base Hospital's Outpatient Clinic places frail patients in harms...
05th July 2018 5:07 AM
A TEENAGE boy has suffered a suspected snakebite at a popular bush festival in the Mackay region.
05th May 2018 11:05 AM
So far doctors in the Whitsundays are yet to receive flu inoculations from Queensland Health but they are available from...
18th April 2018 3:04 PM
Mum of two Danielle McAlpine has waited more than 500 days to see an ear, nose and throat specialist for two operations to...
09th April 2018 6:04 AM
Male patient makes recovery after diagnosis in late January
20th Feb. 2018 3:02 PM
Mackay business and community leaders are being called upon to 'inspire their tribes' in Mackay's battle against obesity
13th Feb. 2018 7:02 AM
Mackay Base Hospital implements PARTY program to educate students about risky behaviours
07th Feb. 2018 2:02 PM
RACQ CQ Rescue has responded to an emergency on board a bulk coal carrier off the coast of Hay Point for the second time in...
15th Jan. 2018 12:01 PM
MACKAY Hospital and Health service has warned beach swimmers to take care after three children were treated for marine...
29th Dec. 2017 9:12 AM
A CONTAGIOUS mosquito-borne virus which hit headlines around the world has been confirmed in regional Queensland.
06th Dec. 2017 6:12 AM
Couple desperate for answers after daughter dies three days after leaving hospital
15th Nov. 2017 6:11 AM
New research finds shocking North Queensland link to crippling air-borne illness
16th Sept. 2017 6:09 AM
IT SEEMS Mackay has survived the worst of the flu season, despite 131 confirmed influenza cases reported in just one...
31st Aug. 2017 12:08 PM
CHILD with "a compromised immune system” transferred to Brisbane after experts advised transfer away from the mould...
10th Aug. 2017 6:08 AM
Experts urge young people to use condoms, get tested as our region notches up hundreds of new cases of sexually transmitted...
03rd Aug. 2017 8:08 AM
THE cladding used in Mackay Base Hospital has been checked and is completely safe, according to a State Government...
30th July 2017 10:07 AM
Recent inspections identified mould had been discovered "in several areas” of Mackay Base Hospital
27th June 2017 4:06 AM
Mackay region hospitals are set to get a boost thanks to funding in the State Budget
14th June 2017 10:06 AM
SARINA man Matthew McGrigor is recovering in Townsville Hospital after being seriously injured in a crash on the Bruce Hwy...
14th June 2017 9:06 AM
ONE week out from the State Budget, Labor Member for Mirani Jim Pearce is calling on his own government to fund a hospital...
07th June 2017 4:06 AM
New security affects access to electronic medical records in Mackay
26th May 2017 6:05 AM
A NEW 10-bed mental health facility for West Mackay looking to employ about 14 full-time equivalent staff has taken a step...
10th April 2017 7:04 AM
IN the aftermath of Cyclone Debbie, Mackay Base Hospital broke records for the number of patients seen in a single day.
05th April 2017 8:04 AM
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23rd March 2017 11:03 AM
WHEN Irena Lee awoke in a hospital bed in 2014, she was informed she'd had a heart attack. Then she learnt two of her...
22nd March 2017 12:03 PM
UK Mum's relief, thanks on anniversary of horror buggy crash
14th March 2017 4:03 AM
WHETHER it's saving a life, performing a blood test or cooking a meal for a sick patient, every one of the 2130 women in...
08th March 2017 9:03 AM
Popular teacher is living with the knowledge that her life may soon end and she will have to move to Adelaide so she can...
06th March 2017 12:03 PM
FIVE brave children battling a variety of illnesses have been given a welcome distraction, thanks to Clermont Coal workers...
28th Feb. 2017 9:02 AM
DETECTION of a crippling mosquito-borne disease is rising year on year in the Mackay-Whitsunday region, despite measures to...
10th Feb. 2017 7:02 AM
NO bones about it, Mackay Base Hospital sure knows how to celebrate a special occasion.
26th Jan. 2017 6:01 AM
IF YOU'RE bitten by a snake, you should definitely head to hospital - but don't bring the snake.
24th Jan. 2017 2:01 PM
Mackay Hospital and Health Service data shows what's biting and stinging us.
23rd Jan. 2017 6:01 AM
YOU don't necessarily need to go for a dip in tropical waters to risk irukandji stings, as one unlucky man has...
03rd Jan. 2017 6:01 AM
FEATURING 'sleigh rides' on hospital beds, decorations and a hotly anticipated visit from Santa, Mackay Hospital and Health...
21st Dec. 2016 6:12 AM
'My mouth was burning and after a while it felt like my airways were swelling'
19th Dec. 2016 6:12 AM
"I couldn't be more pleased with what they've done”
10th Dec. 2016 10:12 AM
More than 6000 people waiting for public dental care in Mackay.
22nd Nov. 2016 6:11 AM
Explained: The culprit behind 209 cases of salmonellosis in the Mackay Hospital and Health Service District this year.
11th Nov. 2016 1:11 PM
