Health
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Plant a tree with Mum
TREES for Mum Day plantings will take place again this year in Ipswich for Mother’s Day on May 12. The event will be at Tite…
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New guidelines on medicos’ phone use
QUEENSLAND Health is soon to issue guidelines on the clinical use of mobile phones in medical settings. The best-practice recommendations come in the wake of…
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Miracle baby given second chance
YOUNG Otis Reeves has a cheeky smile, but it’s the scar on his chest that marks him out as a ‘little miracle’. He owes his…
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Cash boost to change lives
COMMUNITY donors have handed over funding to enable the launch of hi-tech equipment that promises to give West Moreton Health patients better access to quality…
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New licence for non-compliant WMI
ENVIRONMENTAL bosses have been blasted by campaigners who say a Swanbank composting business with a tranche of compliance issues hanging over it was handed a…
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Source of NuGrow asbestos pursued
THE State environment regulator will question bosses at Swanbank composter NuGrow over the origins of waste that led to potentially deadly asbestos being found onsite…
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$104.6m mental health unit opens
HEALTH Minister Shannon Fentiman Minister officially opened Ipswich Hospital’s new $104.6 million mental health service last week. The opening of the 64-bed Mental Health Acute…
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Crafty donations welcome at hospital
THE Lady Cilento Crafters have donated 100 Christmas stockings to Ipswich Hospital’s Oncology Unit to gift to cancer patients. Each year, the group fundraises and…
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ED holds up despite patient surge
IPSWICH Hospital patients waited two minutes fewer ramped on stretchers than in last year’s September quarter, latest data reveals. Patients on stretchers – in addition…
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Satellite hospital eases pressure on city
THE new Ripley Satellite Hospital is taking the burden off Ipswich Hospital as critically ill presentations at West Moreton emergency departments continue to escalate. Hospital…
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