News

29 August 2024

Small-town hospitals implement life-saving stroke approach

Mission Beach resident Brone Reed is alive and recovering quickly thanks to a new approach where clot-dissolving medicine can be administered at smaller regional hospitals.

18 July 2024

Multi-million-dollar funding boost for far northern mental health services

Mental health support for Far North Queensland residents is expanding.

27 June 2024

Patient privacy stepped up at new rehabilitation space

Older patients at Mareeba Hospital are now benefitting from rehabilitation treatments in a dedicated space, resulting in more effective care.

10 May 2024

Patient subsidised travel between Douglas Shire and Cairns

Patients’ access to their specialist appointments will not be impacted by the closure of a private bus company that provided patient travel from the Douglas Shire to Cairns.

12 March 2024

‘Like an extended family’: Staff celebrate special patient bond

For 25 years, Elsie Savo has come into the Cairns Hospital three times a week, settled into an armchair, while a machine has done the vital work of her kidneys.

12 January 2024

Rural hospital focus for new FNQ junior doctors

Rural patients will benefit from dozens of junior doctors starting their careers in Far Northern hospitals.

14 December 2023

Health services unaffected by Cyclone Jasper, but health hazards still present

With Tropical Cyclone Jasper weakening, all Cairns and Hinterland health facilities are back to full service with the resumption of outpatient appointments and elective surgery.

13 December 2023

Tropical-Cyclone Jasper: Cairns Hospital open to all critical services and emergency care

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service (HHS) is providing essential medical care throughout the impact of Tropical Cyclone Jasper.

17 November 2023

Cairns Hospital Maternity Assessment Unit Opens

Cairns Hospital’s purpose-built maternity assessment centre is now open with six new assessment and treatment beds in the women’s health unit.