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27 February 2025
Strengthening research connections in the regions
Hervey Bay recently welcomed Executive Director of the Queensland Health Office of Research and Innovation Professor Julie White as part of her commitment to fostering connections with researchers in regional and remote areas.
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26 February 2025
Meet Health Hero Ange Miller
Our latest Health Hero is Dental Assistant Ange Miller who shares her story.
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30 August 2024
WBHHS Health Hero - Michael Kash
I won a bronze medal in the Australian amateur brewing competition with a ghost chilli IPA.
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30 August 2024
Remembering Two Extraordinary Volunteers
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of two beloved members of our hospital community, Sylvia Dean and Rose Houghton.
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02 August 2024
Embracing culture in cancer care
During NAIDOC Week, the Cancer Care Hervey Bay team created a bright display in their reception area to celebrate Indigenous culture and the NAIDOC theme 'Keep the fire burning! Blak, loud and proud'. Team members also wore shirts with Indigenous art
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02 August 2024
Making a big difference for rural communities
Hailing from Brisbane, Robert's journey into medicine began with an unexpected twist.
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02 August 2024
Ben’s journey from health worker to registered nurse
Traveling hundreds of kilometres a week across the North Burnett as an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health worker, Ben Blucher mostly passes the time in the car listening to music to get him pumped up for the day.
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02 August 2024
A Mission to Enhance Indigenous Engagement in Palliative Care
Grace Harris has been straight to work as WBHHS’s first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health worker in palliative care.
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02 August 2024
Uncovering disparities in health outcomes among the Indigenous population
After years working as a Registered Nurse in Bundaberg’s busy Emergency Department, Mahkaylia Walsh has shifted focus from bedside care and has spent the last year auditing charts and digging through data.
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01 August 2024
WBHHS Health Hero - Ardi Muckan
Working together without ill judgements and preconceived notions will eventually lead to a cooperatively positive outcome.
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01 August 2024
Stevan Ober's Healthcare Journey
Surrounded by family members working in health at the age of 16 Stevan Ober followed suit with his first job in an Aboriginal nursing home as an AIN.