February 4, 2014
Staff at Kingaroy Hospital are eagerly awaiting the arrival of two jaundice detector machines.
The Kingaroy Hospital Auxiliary Inc has donated $8700 to purchase the machines. One will be housed at Kingaroy Hospital and the other will be used by a Community Nurse who makes home visits to babies in the South Burnett.
Nurse Unit Manager of the Women’s and Children’s Department at Kingaroy Hospital, Mrs Stacey Smith, welcomed the new equipment.
“Newborn babies, staff and new parents will love the new machines, as nursing staff will no longer be required to prick a baby’s heel to determine if it has jaundice,” she said.
“Instead, the machine is held near the baby’s skin and the machine detects whether the baby has jaundice. The new procedure is painless and can be done very quickly.”
Kingaroy Hospital Auxiliary Treasurer Mrs Alison Murray said the $8700 was raised from profits made at the Kingaroy Hospital Canteen and from the sale of Mother and Father Birthing books.
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In other news, renovations to the Kingaroy Hospital Canteen (formerly the Red Cross Room) have now been completed and disabled access is available via a ramp on the side of the building nearest the top car park.
Canteen Convenor Mr David Morton put out a call for volunteers to help with the canteen.
“We would welcome anyone interested in helping in the canteen, as we can often be short-staffed when our volunteers decide to take holidays at the same time,” he said.
The hospital canteen is open weekdays from 9:00am to 2:00pm. The canteen sells light meals, drinks, coffee and cake to the general public, as well as hospital staff and patients.”
Mr Morton can be contacted at the canteen or on (07) 4162-9199.
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