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28 June 2024
WBHHS Health Hero - Sharon Carlin
"I work within a team to support patients to achieve activation on the Kidney Transplant list whilst also assisting them with their dialysis treatments."
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27 June 2024
Spreading Smiles: How Chris Vines Turns Dialysis into a Canvas
Chris Vines has been fighting cancer since 1995, is legally blind, in kidney failure, and probably the most positive person you will ever meet.
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29 May 2024
Serving breakfast with a side of love
When they Fay and Chris signed up to spend their golden years giving back to the community, they could never have imagined how much they would personally gain.
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29 May 2024
Making Hospital Visits Warmer with Compassion and Essentials
A change of clothes, clean undies, or a comb might not seem like much, but it can make all the difference to someone experiencing an unexpected hospital stay.
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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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28 May 2024
Geoff's route to drive compassionate kilometres
Geoff is a self-proclaimed chatter, which helps make him an excellent volunteer patient driver in Bundaberg.
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28 May 2024
Meet Bundaberg Hospital's biggest smile
When Judy Stubbs says she greets everyone who enters Bundaberg Hospital with a big smile she isn’t exaggerating.