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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...

1.    Name: Ed Diniz 2.    Age: 61 3.    Have you always lived in FNQ? If not, where did you come from and how long have you been here: Born in Portugal, moved in Perth in...

1.    Name: Tuanna Mirri 2.     Role: Cafe chef 3.    Age: 63 4.    Have you always lived in FNQ? If not, where did you come from and how long have you...

LOCAL communities outside Cairns will have the best equipment to tackle COVID-19, thanks to contributions from the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation. Foundation chairman Dr Ken Chapman said the team was now working...

AN extremely generous philanthropist has stepped forward to donate a massive amount of money to help manage an expected surge of COVID-19 cases in the coming months. Just as the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation...

It’s all about the babies this Sunday when the annual Cairns Pregnancy and Baby Expo takes over the Cairns Pullman International Hotel. More than 60 stalls of everything related to babies from nappies to strollers...

PATIENTS undergoing chemotherapy treatment at the Liz Plummer Cancer Care Centre will have a brighter welcome thanks to community support. Dawn Evans and financial advisor Matthew Parrish of Parrish Financial, this week...

INCREDIBLE, is one of many words used by the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation’s new CEO, to describe the organisation’s work. Tony Williamson has spent the past few weeks settling in to the role and...

PRECIOUS neonatal babies in Cairns can put more energy into growing, rather than keeping warm, thanks to generous community support. Two Cosytherm mattresses have been bought by the Far North Queensland Hospital...

WITH the new year now upon us, the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation has announced new blood joining its board. Robyn Boundy, Danae Jones and Joanne Parisi are joining chairman Dr Ken Chapman and fellow board...

Well known Cairns business dynamo Tony Williamson is bringing his energetic expertise to the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation. Mr Williamson has joined the Foundation as interim CEO, after Tony Franz resigned,...

NEW pieces of equipment have been donated to the Innisfail Hospital, improving the lives of patients at the emergency department. The Innisfail Friends of the Hospital Foundation presented hospital staff with a Fisher and...

THE 2019 Mt Franklin Cardiac Challenge set some incredible records. This year’s event resulted in a whopping $1200 raised per participant - which equated to $317, 000. Hosted by the Far North...

A SPECIAL bicycle that helps patients come off a ventilator at Cairns Hospital’s intensive care unit (ICU), has been celebrated. The motomed, bought by the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation, had its first...

A respiratory ultrasound funded by dedicated community members, is now in use by patients in the Far North. Cairns Hospital respiratory physician Dr Stephen Vincent was thrilled to take delivery of the ultrasound which is...

MORE than $3 million has been provided by the community to improve health care in FNQ, in 2018-2019. This is the second largest annual contribution in the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation’s 22 year history...

WALKERS raised more than $23,000 tackling the MG Arrow Experience for the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation in July this year. More than 75 participants put their best feet forward on the popular walking tracks to...