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FAR North Queenslanders have been called on to Donate for DaNi – a DaVinci surgical robot to help improve patient outcomes. The Donate for DaNi campaign, instigated by the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation,...

SAVING lives while helping save the environment is the goal of a groundbreaking partnership between the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation, Containers for Change and Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health...

     INNISFAIL cancer patients will be more comfortable thanks to the hard work of a dedicated group of local volunteers. A $7186 blanket warmer bought for the Innisfail Hospital oncology unit is...

THE Gordonvale Hospital Friends of the Foundation have recently farewelled their friend and fellow volunteer Evelyn Jorgensen. One of six children, Evelyn, affectionately known as Evie, was born at Gordonvale Hospital in...

Name: Niomi Skillbeck Role: Café Attendant When and why did you join the Foundation’s café team: Have been with the Foundation for about a year now. I enjoy working with the vibrant bubbly team...

Name: Genty Ginn Role: Information Desk What’s your background: I grew up in Atherton. With my late husband’s work we were transferred around Australia. Our last posting was Melbourne. I have been back in...

LITTLE Dante Anderson has not had the easiest start to life, but with the support of his loving parents and exceptional health care, he is off to a flying start. Dante was born at 37 weeks at Cairns Hospital on March 6 and has now...

It was one average Friday afternoon that Kerryann Bayliss had a midwife appointment and returned home to have some lunch and a lay down while her son was at school.  Pregnant with her second child, Kerryann was laying on the...

PATIENTS accessing the Dimbulah Primary Health Centre will have almost immediate access to blood test results, thanks to support from the Rotary FNQ Field Days. Through the Mareeba Hospital Friends of the Foundation, a...

NEW devices bought for the Cairns Hospital Intensive Care Unit might weigh less than 500 grams, but the information they hold can be the difference between life and death. Four PICCO devices bought through the QSuper...

RESEARCH focusing on the health needs of Far North Queenslanders will be delivered thanks to more than $254,000 in grants issued by the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation. Foundation CEO Gina Hogan said the...

MARRYING culinary excellence with community spirit, the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation has launched its catering arm, FNQ Foundation Feast. The newly established social enterprise aims to serve the Cairns...

A SPECIAL birth suite for families experiencing pregnancy loss will be built at Cairns Hospital, thanks to the generous support of our community.  The special campaign undertaken by the Far North Queensland Hospital...

The Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation has won the 2023 Cairns Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Award for Innovation! At the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation, while accolades are not our driving...

As we reflect on the year 2023, the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation proudly acknowledges a year marked by significant strides towards our vision of superior health care in Far North Queensland. Together we worked with...

    AN Innisfail family has once again dug deep to support their local hospital. The Catalano Family Foundation has now donated almost $140, 000 towards improving health outcomes in the region, with a focus on...

Name: Ivor and Maria Edwards Age: 79 and 75 Have you always lived in FNQ? If not, where did you come from and how long have you been here? We moved up here from Sydney in 2011. We had friends who lived up here and...

Name: Margaret Avram Which café do you work at? Sea Breeze Cafe at Cairns Hospital Have you always lived in FNQ? If not, where did you come from and how long have you been here: Previously I lived in Victoria...

SUCCESS achieved by a pair of Far North paediatric cardiology experts has been showcased at the World Congress on Rheumatic Heart Disease in Abu Dhabi. Cairns Hospital Paediatric Cardiologist Dr Ben Reeves and Clinical...

Four hundred and five thousand dollars was raised at the Trinity Advisory Cairns Christmas Luxe Luncheon in late November. The team of the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation was overjoyed and profoundly grateful...

LOCAL donors have contributed more than $14,000 to the Mareeba Hospital Friends of the Foundation. This included $13,500 from FNQ Growers from the proceeds of their auction of locally produced fruit and vegetables,...