AS health staff bear the brunt of FNQ’s COVID pressure, donors are stepping up to help health heroes feel the love.
The Northern Frontier Foundation is the first major donor to the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation’s Health Heroes campaign, pitching in $10, 000.
Foundation Acting CEO Joe Cristaldi said this generous donation is going to support more than 1000 of the Cairns Hospital health heroes.
“We know many staff of the health service are under a lot of pressure. Some are working extra shifts, going the extra mile to care tirelessly for patients and they’re doing multiple days of on-call. In those circumstances, sometimes you don’t get time to cook a meal or go to the shops, so this is our way of giving those health staff a boost,” Mr Cristaldi said.
Northern Frontier Foundation General Manager Linda Ly said they were pleased to be able to make a difference.
“Sometimes a decent meal is what you need to help get you through a difficult time and we wanted our health staff to know the community cares and is grateful for what they’re doing,” Ms Ly said.
The Northern Frontier Foundation has now contributed almost $155, 000 to helping improve health outcomes in FNQ.
Cairns Hospital COVID Services Cairns Nurse Manager Alex Rogers was grateful to the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation for the initiative and the Northern Frontier Foundation for the donation.
“Staff across all of Queensland and the Cairns region are putting in long hours to help the community with COVID and I know they will be immensely grateful for these meal vouchers,” Ms Rogers said.
“This is an incredibly generous donation and I know the staff will appreciate this wonderful gesture after the long hours they are doing at the moment. It is a tiring job but they always manage to do it with a smile on their face. I am truly blessed to work alongside such incredible people.”
To show our health workers you care, visit www.fnqhf.org.au/healthheroes
Photo: Northern Frontier Foundation's Linda Ly, Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation Acting CEO Joe Cristaldi and Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service COVID Services Nurse Unit Manager Alex Rogers.
