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03 September 2026
Rare double delight: Two sets of twins born across different days at Cairns Hospital
Two Far North Queensland women each welcomed twins with different birth dates during an extraordinary four-day stretch at Cairns Hospital, where nine sets of twins arrived in August alone.
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27 August 2026
New perinatal mental health service to launch in Cairns
An innovative new service will allow Cairns women experiencing severe perinatal mental health illness to receive hospital-level care from their own homes.
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29 July 2026
Organ donation gives Cairns mum and bub gift of life
A Cairns woman who received an organ transplant three years ago has shared her incredible journey to becoming a mum.
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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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30 July 2025
'I was given a second chance at life': Rosa's lifesaving raffle
In a heart warming tale of family and selflessness, Cairns woman Rosa Duffy, facing kidney failure, organized a unique 'raffle' among her siblings to find a donor.
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