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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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26 June 2026
Far Northern rural dental care goes digital
Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service is revolutionising oral health for rural and remote communities by replacing decades-old analogue X-rays with modern digital imaging.
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20 October 2025
Record number of heart specialists for Far North
A record number of cardiologists will be employed to service the Far North under a nearly $8 million investment to cardiac care at Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service.
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22 August 2025
Cairns Hospital researchers investigating ‘mite-y’ big problem
A striking health disparity between Cairns and Darwin has sparked a quest to unravel the mystery of scabies and its links to deadly diseases.
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19 August 2025
'It started from a car boot': Nurse’s nearly 30 years of care in the heart of the rainforest
Michele Lamond has been delivering healthcare to her community in the heart of the Daintree Rainforest for nearly three decades. Find out how healthcare will change with a new multi-million dollar medical centre now open at Cow Bay.
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