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01 April 2025
Feeling sleepy? Sleep disorder expert shares what could be impacting your shut-eye
Cairns Hospital clinical physiologist Janine Ferns knows the importance of a good nights’ sleep.
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26 March 2025
'I thought I was about to die in five minutes': Cowboy's rough ride after snake bite scare
Bullrider Tristan is used to a rough ride. But when he was bitten by a venomous snake on an outback property, he admits it was a scary experience.
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01 April 2025
Feeling sleepy? Sleep disorder expert shares what could be impacting your shut-eye
Cairns Hospital clinical physiologist Janine Ferns knows the importance of a good nights’ sleep.
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26 March 2025
'I thought I was about to die in five minutes': Cowboy's rough ride after snake bite scare
Bullrider Tristan is used to a rough ride. But when he was bitten by a venomous snake on an outback property, he admits it was a scary experience.
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03 March 2025
Energetic Nya graduates from special 'club'
Watching energetic five-year-old Nya run, jump and dance along with her friends, you would never have known she was born with a condition that affected her mobility.
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13 February 2025
Why workers made mid-life career switch to health
From photography, driving trucks to admin and groundskeeper, meet the healthcare workers who thrived from a mid-life career switch.
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02 January 2025
Cairns Hospital trains South Pacific kidney specialist
Cairns Hospital has been training one of the South Pacific’s few kidney disease experts, who will – in turn – train the next generation of specialists.
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22 November 2024
Cutting edge surgery for dialysis patients at Cairns Hospital
Cairns Hospital has become the first public hospital in Queensland to perform a cutting-edge procedure to support patients who need kidney dialysis.
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06 November 2024
From groundskeeper to doctor: Marcin's extraordinary career journey
A former groundskeeper has gone from having a green thumb to mending them, now working as a qualified doctor.
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31 October 2024
Cairns resident's praise for Hospital in the Home program
A chance meeting with a Cairns Hospital doctor at a GP clinic has allowed a Yorkeys Knob retiree to recover from a serious leg injury in the comfort of his own home.
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30 October 2024
Great grandfather's warning after contracting rare tropical disease
Avid Far North Queensland gardener Jim Duncan would never have thought his green-thumbed passion may lead to serious illness.
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