Year: 2019

2019 is going to be a big year for a group of motorcyclists, who expect to top a milestone of raising $1 million for health services in the Far North, in October. The annual Wayne Leonard’s Motorcycle Muster has...

  A SPECIAL occasion was held this week as the Atherton Hospital Auxiliary handed over its final cheque to the newly formed Atherton Friends of the Hospital Foundation. The auxiliary members have merged with the newly formed Friends...

ONE of the region’s most established charity bike rides is going electric. The Mt Franklin Cardiac Challenge has introduced a special pack just for e-bike riders this year, with a pair of accomplished riders being...

HEART patients needing an echocardiogram in FNQ, will now be seen quicker, thanks to hundreds of cyclists. A new echocardiogram machine was bought from funds raised during the 2018 Mt Franklin Cardiac Challenge. ...

TWO teams of allied health workers from one business have joined forces to walk the Arrows of Mt Whitfield for the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation. Motion Osteopathy Associate Osteopath Dr Luke Marinelli said...

ALMOST by osmosis, the freshest Mareeba fruit and vegetables will become diagnostic and treatment endoscopy equipment. FNQ Growers donated $21,000 to the Mareeba Friends of the Foundation, to be used for their endoscopy...

WALKING the hills of Mt Whitfield has contributed $60,000 towards new medical equipment at Cairns Hospital’s Emergency Department. In addition, the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation, which hosted the Audi...

THIRTY years of pain has ended for Palm Cove pensioner Rod Dewar, thanks to generous donations. Mr Dewar, 70, was one of the first Cairns patients to be diagnosed thanks to new equipment provided by the Far North...

LOCALS supporting locals is the aim of the newly formed Atherton Friends of the Foundation group. The fundraising group is a subsidiary of the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation and brings together the...

WHEN his boss told him they were putting together corporate teams for last year’s Arrow Experience, Mark Kerridge had no idea it would change his life. Weighing 132kg at the...

A GENEROUS donation to cancer services has recently been made via the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation. Dawn Evans and Financial Advisor Matthew Parrish of Parrish Financial together donated $5000 to the...

The Mossman and Port Douglas communities are increasingly coming together to support their local hospital. This week the Port Douglas Crocs AFL Club and Mossman Bowls Club handed over a $2200 cheque to be used to improve...

ALMOST 1000 people give up their time to help improve health outcomes in Far North Queensland. The Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation has more than 950 volunteers on its books and celebrates their achievements each...

You almost couldn’t think of a worse injury for a circus acrobat than cutting tendons, arteries, muscles and nerves in your right arm. But that’s exactly what happened to seventh generation circus performer...

RUNNING along dusty outback roads probably isn’t everyone’s idea of fun, but it sure is for Phil Smith. Well, not fun perhaps, but a challenge he has set himself to conquer as a solo runner in the Great...

SOMETIMES it takes a little while to convince people they’ve won a car! When Lance Davis got the phone call last week to say he’d won a new Toyota Yaris, it took some convincing. He was sceptical when he...

CAIRNS patients needing oesophageal proceedures no longer have to travel to Brisbane, thanks to an extremely generous community. This week the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation handed over $122,000 worth of...

FOUNDATION staff were ecstatic in January, when long-time volunteer and Cardiac Challenge instigator Pete McNally was named Cairns Regional Council Citizen of the Year. Pete McNally’s efforts to improve the...

1. Name: Lee Oastler 2. Age: 73 3. Have you always lived in FNQ? If not, where did you come from and how long have you been here: I moved to Cairns in 1978 from the Northern Territory 4. Volunteer role:...

1. Name: Dr Alice Cairns 2. Age: 38 3. Where and in what position are you working? Weipa. HOT North Research Fellow, Centre for Rural and Remote Health, James Cook University. 4. Tell us which grant you...

MORE than $135,000 has been donated towards improving endoscopy services in the Far North, in just three weeks. The Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation’s “Show us ya guts” campaign is powering ahead...