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16 July 2026
New Wall to honour those living long term with diabetes
Cairns woman Pamela McKay has lived with diabetes for more than 60 years and will be one of the local residents recognised on a new Honour Wall to be established at the Cairns Diabetes Centre.
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13 July 2026
High life: Cairns Hospital celebrates lepto treatment success
A new study has shown every patient treated at Cairns Hospital for a potentially deadly tropical disease has made a full recovery.
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02 June 2026
Cairns to become world leader in venom treatment
Cairns is set to become the world’s venom capital, launching a groundbreaking Toxicology Centre of Excellence to tackle the planet’s deadliest creatures - from box jellyfish to taipans.
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10 March 2026
'Lizzie saved my life': Cairns patient’s emotional heart transplant journey
When Daniel Walters went to hospital with shortness of breath, he never imagined he was just months away from needing a new heart to survive.
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03 February 2026
Award-winning study puts First Nations heart health in focus
A Cairns Hospital team won a top emergency medicine award for a study, which uses culturally respectful ways to help detect and treat heart disease earlier in First Nations people.
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05 January 2026
‘Terrifying, painful and very scary’: Cairns man’s near-death experience with dangerous bacteria
What started as a simple flu nearly claimed the life of fit Cairns resident Chuck Irvine, who battled a deadly wet season disease last year.
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19 December 2025
Media statement – Cairns Hospital helipad
Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service chief executive Leena Singh has released a media statement about plans for Cairns Hospital’s new helipad.
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