Change At Darling Downs Health
Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service Chief Executive Dr Peter Gillies is heading to a new appointment.
Petition Calls For NDIS Change
As a driver for Centacare in Brisbane, Sam Cristaldi spent many years caring for people with disabilities, picking them up and taking them to the hospital or other medical appointments … now he reckons it should be his turn.
More Clinics This Month
The Darling Downs Health mobile women’s health nurses have clinics planned this month in Wondai, Proston, Kingaroy, Nanango and Blackbutt.
PHN CEO To Retire
Darling Downs and West Moreton Primary Health Network CEO Merrilyn Strohfeldt has announced she will retire at the end of 2021.
COVID Clinic Coming Back
Darling Downs Health is returning to Cherbourg next week to provide more COVID-19 vaccinations for local residents – and there will also be a face-to-face opportunity to ask questions about the vaccines.
Council Urges Agencies To Act
A frustrated Cherbourg Council summoned welfare agencies to a public forum this week to focus attention on suicide and self-harm in the community.
Pfizer Clinic In Murgon This Week
Darling Downs Health is reminding local residents that a free Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination clinic will be running in Murgon this week.
Kingaroy LAC Thanks Dynamic Duo
“Thank you for your gift of time” … these were the words engraved on a special clock presented to John and Christine Box after they announced their retirement at this week’s Kingaroy Local Ambulance Committee AGM.
Belle Thanks Her ‘Super Hero’
Nurse Navigator Kate Trenoweth is a genuine “super hero”, at least in the eyes of a young patient she has been caring for at the Queensland Children’s Hospital in Brisbane.
Have You Registered Your Defib?
Does your business or sports club have an AED – an automated external defibrillator – mounted somewhere on a wall?
New Virus Spread By Mice
Rural residents are being reminded to keep practicing good hygiene, handwashing and cleaning after a number of Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis cases have been reported in the Darling Downs Health region.
Pfizer Clinic Coming To Murgon
A Pfizer “super clinic” similar to the one currently operating at Cherbourg will be held in Murgon later this month.
Come On Down To Super Clinic: Mayor
Cherbourg Mayor Elvie Sandow is happy that more than 300 people received a COVID vaccination at the special “super clinic” set up on Tuesday, but she hopes even more will turn up today and tomorrow.
Spots Open At Pfizer Clinic
Darling Downs Health says there are still plenty of appointments available at the Cherbourg COVID-19 Pfizer vaccination clinic this afternoon (Tuesday).
80,000 COVID Tests Carried Out
Darling Downs Health has tested 80,125 people for the COVID-19 virus since the pandemic began in 2020, figures released by Queensland Health on Friday reveal.
Walkers Enjoy A Wheelie Good Day
Anitta Stallwood’s brave bid to raise awareness about spina bifida and hydrocephaly attracted about 125 walkers and runners to the South Burnett Rail Trail on Sunday morning.
Shavers Raise Almost $40,000
A massive fundraising effort by former schoolfriends and rugby league mates at the recent “Shave For Ryley and Ben” night in Kingaroy looks to have raised almost $40,000.
Onesie Way To Raise Awareness
Don’t be alarmed if you see a bunch of people heading off down the South Burnett Rail Trail early on Sunday morning wearing onesies …
COVID ‘Super Clinic’ Coming
A COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine “super clinic” will be running at Cherbourg Hall from August 3-5.
Clinics In Four More Towns
The Darling Downs Health mobile women’s health nurses have clinics planned in Goomeri, Kilkivan, Blackbutt and Kingaroy next month.
