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26 August 2024
Patients’ praise for staff after serious wound injuries
Two Torres Strait patients have praised Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service staff after recovering from potentially life-threatening skin wounds.
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12 July 2024
Experienced clinician named as Cooktown midwifery boss
A highly experienced midwife dedicated to providing continuity of care to women has been named as Cooktown’s new Midwifery Unit Manager.
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31 May 2024
Pertussis (whooping cough) cases on Hammond Island
The Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service has recorded three cases of whooping cough (pertussis) on Hammond Island in the Torres Strait over the past month.
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09 April 2024
Families benefitting from new Child Development Service
A new Child Development Service to support families across the Torres Strait, Cape York and Northern Peninsula Area has begun taking referrals.
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27 March 2024
Pertussis (whooping cough) cases
Whooping cough (pertussis) cases are on the increase across Queensland, with 915 confirmed cases so far this year, compared to 14 for the same period last year.
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19 January 2024
Boost for pregnant Cape York women and families
Pregnant women and new mums in Cape York now have access to even better cultural care after the appointment of a First Nations social worker.
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05 December 2023
Acute Post Streptococcal Glomerulonephritis update for Thursday Island
About 75 per cent of children and young people on Thursday Island have received antibiotics to reduce the spread of a highly contagious bacterial skin infection.
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22 November 2023
Acute Post Streptococcal Glomerulonephritis Outbreak on Thursday Island
All children and young people on Thursday Island between the ages of 12 months and 17 years are urged to undertake a course of antibiotics to protect them from a highly contagious bacterial skin infection that can lead to kidney disease if left