Health

Chopper Returns To Cherbourg

Chopper Returns To Cherbourg

Emergency helicopters which had to stop landing in Cherbourg could soon be servicing the town again.

Glimpse Into A Healthy Future

Glimpse Into A Healthy Future

The face of health care in the South Burnett could look radically different in the future if ideas being tossed around at present become a reality.

Learn To Cook Jamie Oliver-Style

Learn To Cook Jamie Oliver-Style

Bookings have opened for cooking classes at super chef Jamie Oliver’s Ministry of Food Mobile Kitchen

Local GP Wins Health Care Award

Local GP Wins Health Care Award

Murgon GP Dr Graham McAllister has been named as Innovative Health Professional Of The Year by Darling Downs South West Queensland (DDSWQ) Medicare Local.

Asbestos Removed From Hospital

Asbestos Removed From Hospital

Work has begun to remove asbestos at Kingaroy Hospital as part of a $50.6 million maintenance program across the Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service.

Baby Airlifted After Swallowing Battery

Baby Airlifted After Swallowing Battery

Parents are being warned of the dangers of button batteries ahead of Christmas after RACQ CareFlight Rescue airlifted a baby boy who swallowed one on the Sunshine Coast on Monday.

Lions Club To Host Health Seminar

The Kingaroy Lions Club will be hosting a free Women’s Health Seminar at the Kingaroy State High Assembly Hall from 7:30pm on Wednesday, November 13.

Arthritis Champions Honoured

Arthritis Champions Honoured

Three South Burnett residents have been honoured by the Arthritis Foundation for their dedication to helping local arthritis and osteoporosis sufferers.

Healthy Ears For A Healthy Start

Healthy Ears For A Healthy Start

It starts with a runny nose but can end with learning difficulties, behavioural problems and a lifetime of hardship if parents don’t ensure their children’s ears are healthy.

Seminar To Focus On Women’s Health

Seminar To Focus On Women’s Health

The Kingaroy Lions Club will be presenting a Women’s Health Seminar, featuring leading Brisbane gynaecologist Dr Philip Hall, in Kingaroy next week.

GP Faces February Hearing

GP Faces February Hearing

Kingaroy GP Isabelle Jonnson-Lear will face a hearing in February which could determine whether her medical registration will be reinstated.

Spots For Rural Docs Doubles

A $1.8 million boost and a redirection of scholarship funding will double the number of rural generalist training places in Queensland by 2016.

Laughter Is The Best Medicine

Laughter Is The Best Medicine

People of all ages and walks of life gathered at the Proston Library recently for the inaugural “Laughter Yoga” session presented by Laughter Yoga teacher and tutor Roslyn Melmeth

Horan ‘Hopeful’ About New Hospital

Horan ‘Hopeful’ About New Hospital

A new Kingaroy Hospital could be built on land beside the current building within just a few years.

Palliative Care Services ‘Improving’

Palliative Care Services ‘Improving’

South Burnett patients and families will benefit from greater co-operation and co-ordination of palliative care services in Murgon, Wondai and Cherbourg, the Darling Downs Hospital and Health Board said today.

Ergon Urges Customers To Register

Regional Queenslanders using equipment for confirmed life-threatening medical conditions are urged to ensure they are registered with Ergon Energy’s Life Support program before the onset of the storm and cyclone season.

South Burnett Is ‘Alarmingly’ Obese

South Burnett Is ‘Alarmingly’ Obese

The South Burnett, Darling Downs and South West Queensland population are fat … and getting fatter.

Spotlight On A Healthy Lifestyle

Spotlight On A Healthy Lifestyle

Too often a free breakfast in Kingaroy means a sausage sizzle … but at the South Burnett Health & Lifestyle Expo it meant fruit. And lots of it … apples, mandarins and bananas.

Fitness Classes Starting In Durong

The South Burnett Regional Council’s Healthy Communities program will be running weekly fitness classes in Durong from Wednesday, October 23, until Wednesday, November 20.