Year: 2019

THE latest machines for measuring ‘brain waves’ are now installed and being used in FNQ, thanks to a group of fundraising motorcyclists. Almost 50 motorcyclists and motorists raised $54,000 in October last...

A LOCAL woman with no connection to bowel conditions has dug into her bank account to find $47,000 for the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation’s endoscopy campaign. The woman, who asked to remain anonymous,...

JOAN and Kevin Knight are pensioners, but felt they had to contribute to the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation’s endoscopy campaign. “You’ve helped us out so much over the years, we felt we...

THE Atherton community is rallying together to support health care in the region. Anyone interested in helping enhance services at the Atherton Hospital is invited to join a new group – the Friends of the Atherton...

ANNE Mills has one of the biggest reasons of anyone to donate to the community endoscopy fundraising appeal. Mrs Mills lost her brother Charlie Woodward to bowel cancer almost two years ago after he devoted the latter...

HUNDREDS of cancer patients will be diagnosed and treated locally, thanks to a community campaign headed by the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation. The Foundation has instigated the ‘Show us ya guts’...

GENOME sequencing of the highly invasive Asian Tiger mosquito in the Torres Strait is one of two $25,000 research grants awarded by Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation. The Foundation has provided a $25,000 grant to...

CRAFTY hospital staff are getting their crochet needles and planter pots ready for the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation’s inaugural Market Day. Instigated by Cairns Hospital After Hours Nurse Manager Melissa...

STACEY Negri was 33 weeks pregnant with baby Hayley when things started to go pearshaped. “My GP in Atherton was concerned she wasn’t growing as quickly as she should, so I was sent to Cairns for an ultrasound...

IF John Piccone can step outside his comfort zone and ride a bike to Cooktown, anyone can. The well-known retailer will join his brother Peter who manages drink and snack stops along the way on the Mount Franklin Cardiac...

ATHERTON Hospital staff and patients had a heart-stopping moment recently, when a new cardiac testing device arrived, courtesy of the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation. Hospital Emergency Department acting nurse...

NEWS of the Federal Government’s $60 million injection to help create the Cairns University Hospital has been welcomed by the local charity that has been agitating for the move. Far North Queensland Hospital...

CONSTRUCTION of the second Cardiac Catheter Laboratory at Cairns Hospital has started. The $2.8M facility, jointly funded by the State Government and money raised by the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation, will...

ENORMOUS generosity and hundreds of volunteers have helped the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation achieve a record year for fundraising. The Foundation posted a record operating result of $2.35 million during...

THERE was no mistaking Brian Buffington had completed his six months of chemotherapy treatment for leukaemia this week. The 79-year-old from Mossman was the first patient to ring a new bell installed in the Oncology Day...