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26 September 2024
Hometown Roots, Healthcare Heart: Physiotherapist Eve Returns to Serve her Home Town
After years of study and training, Gayndah local Eve Spry has come full circle, returning to her hometown as a physiotherapist to give back to the community that first inspired her healthcare journey.
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26 September 2024
Pop-Up Stand Engages Staff and Public on Hervey Bay Hospital Modular Ward Build
Hervey Bay Hospital staff and members of the public had the opportunity to learn more about the new modular ward being constructed at Hervey Bay Hospital at a pop-up stall on 11 September.
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29 May 2024
Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service Seeks New Volunteers
Volunteer Services coordinator Kim Hanns says she has the best job! A typical day for the volunteer coordinator involves engaging with the community, coordinating donations, training new volunteers, and working closely with hospital wards to
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29 May 2024
Finding Purpose after loss: Neville's story of healing through service
Neville manages the library cart at Hervey Bay Hospital, weaving through the busy halls with a warmth that belies his own struggles.
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29 May 2024
A World of Volunteering Opportunities
Sally Chandler thinks everyone is a winner when it comes to volunteering. She works as a supportive therapy volunteer handing out drinks and snacks or pulling up a chair for a chat while patients are receiving infusions at Maryborough Hospital.
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28 May 2024
WBHHS Health Hero - Brad Shultz
I visit all possible patients with ongoing heart conditions, ranging from heart attack, stroke, bypass surgery (from pre-op to post-op), as I myself had a STEMI heart attack followed by bypass surgery at the age of 53.
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28 May 2024
Sandra Nagel’s journey into chaplaincy
Sandra Nagel’s journey into chaplaincy began in the early 2000s when she volunteered at the Fraser Coast Palliative Care Service (FCPCS).
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24 April 2024
WBHHS Health Hero - Indiana Jacob Ridgely
I love all things old and began to restore engines and tractors when I was about 10 years old.
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28 March 2024
WBHHS Health Hero - Janine Bignell
My job is to encourage patients to eat, walk, and engage while on the Med 3 ward. The program aims to help prevent delirium and functional decline by providing meaningful engagement and by educating patients about everyday practices like sitting out
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07 March 2024
WBHHS Health Hero - Josette Chor
I lead the multidisciplinary teams in the Public health unit. Our core work is providing, community-oriented and multidisciplinary service on communicable disease control; Immunisation; disease surveillance and research; environmental health and
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08 February 2024
WBHHS Health Hero - Danni Stranieri
I engage with people who may be expressing emotional and / or mental distress with the aim of gaining their trust so I can walk alongside them to achieve the recovery goals they identify.