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Mareeba Hospital has been given a hand up in their fight against the coronavirus pandemic with vital new equipment donated by the local Freemasons. Granite Freemasons Lodge together with Hand Heart Pocket the Charity of...

A GROUP of teenagers who took on and won the challenge of riding from Cairns to Cooktown for cardiac services, will see those very services up close today. Five teenagers, part of team Wheelie Good in the QSuper Cardiac...

A SPECIAL simulation baby has been bought for the Intensive Care Unit at Cairns Hospital to enable regular training. ICU Nurse Educator Kathryn Charlesworth said the training mannequin would allow them to conduct...

Parts of the old nurses’ quarters at Atherton Hospital have been salvaged to give the Tablelands community an opportunity to take home a piece of antiquity. Atherton Hospital Acting Director of Nursing, Leonie...

A SPECIAL ultrasound bought through community fundraising is helping improve health outcomes for mothers and babies in the Far North. The $70,000 ultrasound was bought with funds raised at the 2019 Nu Nu Restaurant...

CYCLISTS in this year’s QSuper Cardiac Challenge smashed the ball out of the park, raising more than $292,000 for cardiac services in FNQ. Hosted by the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation, the event was able...

MORE than $220,000 is being invested in medical research in FNQ, thanks to community support. The Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation announced its annual research grants TODAY, including two large grants of $50,000...

Paul Durdin’s own near death experience has truly given him a new appreciation for life. The Cairns-based disability support worker became unwell with a mosquito-borne illness several years ago and underwent a...

THE Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation has received a generous bequest to be used for paediatric oncology. Artist George Wagner (pictured) bequeathed more than $74,000 to the Foundation, in recognition of the work...

When Chris Marsh looks back at April 4 this year, he can see he had all the warning signs of a heart attack. He was more puffed than usual after playing 18 holes of golf. But he attributed that to not playing...

1. Name: Siobhan Ross 2. What is your role/Which café do you work at?: Team Leader at DCafe and Sea Breeze Cafe 3. Have you always lived in FNQ? If not, where did you come from and how long have you been here:...

1. Name: Janis Stevens 2. Have you always lived in FNQ? If not, where did you come from and how long have you been here: I have lived here all my life, the family cane farm near Gordonvale has been handed down through the...

The Bunnings community sausage sizzle is BACK!!! – Great News Cairns The smell of cooking sausages and onions will once again be a hallmark of a Bunnings shopping session. The Far North Queensland Hospital...

IT’S ON! In a stunning chain of favourable events, the QSuper Cardiac Challenge has been confirmed for a September start. With the announcement that Cape York will be opened to visitors from July 10 and...

WOMEN and their neonatal babies will have more support now and into the future thanks to the generosity of a local philanthropist. The Northern Frontier Foundation (NFF), established by local businessman Dean Pradal, has...

THE community and the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation are well on their way to answering the call put out by hospitals for extra resources to help battle the COVID-19 epidemic as it rolls out over coming months. “The hospitals...

We’re getting the band back together, baby! The Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation’s Sea Breeze Café will reopen on Monday (June 8) after being closed since March. Foundation CEO Tony...

VOLUNTEERING at Cairns Hospital looks a little different these days but it’s still happening. Coordinated by the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation, the volunteer program is in its 23rd year with more than 960...

The Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation recently sponsored the inaugural nursing awards at Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service. To celebrate the World Health Organization declaring 2020 as the...

CAIRNS Hospital staff have been provided with free meals at work, courtesy the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation. Cairns based philanthropists Alex and Violetta Sekler have donated a total of $6000, providing 600...

Member for Cairns Michael Healy and Mayor Bob Manning have joined together to thank the Cairns and District Chinese Association (CADCAI) for their kind donation of more than $25,000 worth of face masks and protective...