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30 October 2024
Community and Health: Strengthening Connections through the Gin Gin Community Reference Group
At Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service (WBHHS), we believe that strong, meaningful relationships between health services and the community are essential to delivering the best possible care.
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30 August 2024
Maryborough Hospital Nurses Bring Joy to Lamington Day
Maryborough Hospital Nurses Celebrate Lamington Day with Fun and GamesThis month, the Maryborough Hospital nurses took a short break from their busy schedules to celebrate Lamington Day with a twist.
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30 August 2024
Wide Bay Doctors Lead the Way in Statewide Medical Advocacy
The Wide Bay region is making significant strides in medical advocacy, with three of its doctors taking on key leadership roles within the Australian Medical Association Queensland's (AMAQ) Committee of Doctors in Training (CDIT).
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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.