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24 October 2024
Robots helping hospital reach new levels of tech
Cairns Hospital is embracing cutting edge technology, with the installation of three robots in its pharmacy to aid safer and more efficient distribution of medication to hospitalised patients.
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18 October 2024
Cairns Hospital success in fighting tropical disease
Survival rates for rare tropical disease melioidosis in Cairns Hospital are now among the best in the world on the back of cutting-edge treatment and growing public awareness, a new research study has found.
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24 October 2024
Robots helping hospital reach new levels of tech
Cairns Hospital is embracing cutting edge technology, with the installation of three robots in its pharmacy to aid safer and more efficient distribution of medication to hospitalised patients.
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18 October 2024
Cairns Hospital success in fighting tropical disease
Survival rates for rare tropical disease melioidosis in Cairns Hospital are now among the best in the world on the back of cutting-edge treatment and growing public awareness, a new research study has found.
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04 October 2024
Warning to play safe amid mpox spike
Partygoers are being urged by public health officials to ‘play safe’ during the upcoming Cairns Pride Festival, amid confirmed cases of mpox in Queensland.
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27 September 2024
Brighter future for young people recovering from alcohol and other drug use
Young people in North Queensland will gain greater access to alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment and recovery thanks to a $19.3 million investment by the Queensland Government.
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26 September 2024
How morning telly saved a man's life
A morning TV segment on men’s health may have saved Tony Milne’s life.
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30 August 2024
Hospital in the Home for Jim
‘Hospital in the Home’ provides hospital equivalent care in a person’s home. After 14 weeks in Cairns Hospital 88-year-old Jim Copp was relieved to be able to finish his hospital care at home.
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29 August 2024
Small-town hospitals implement life-saving stroke approach
Mission Beach resident Brone Reed is alive and recovering quickly thanks to a new approach where clot-dissolving medicine can be administered at smaller regional hospitals.
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15 August 2024
Meningococcal outbreak in Yarrabah
Health officials are urging people to be on the lookout for signs of meningococcal disease, following an outbreak of the dangerous disease in Yarrabah.
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18 July 2024
Multi-million-dollar funding boost for far northern mental health services
Mental health support for Far North Queensland residents is expanding.
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