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Name: Julie Bates Where and in what position are you working? QSuper Regional Relationship Manager What region do you cover? North Queensland How long have you been in the role? Three months Prior to...

Name: Clinton Pattenden Age: 56          Role: Chef in Dcafé, master sandwich and wrap designer under the strong influence of Mr T (Tiguana). Home: I am originally...

CHRISTMAS has come early for all of Far North Queensland, with Trinity Accountants hosting a fundraising lunch for their clients. More than $70,000 has been raised for the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation at the...

What a simply INCREDIBLE day at Nu Nu Restaurant on November 3, for their annual Melbourne Cup function. Thank you to everyone for helping us raise $31,000 on the day. This was an incredible achievement, given the reduced...

ALMOST $40,000 worth of medical equipment was handed over to staff of Innisfail Hospital in October. An Accuvein worth $14,663, fibrescope worth $15,667, ear toilet worth $7331 and birthing pool worth $1380 are the result...

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...