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02 May 2025
Meet Health Hero Katie Woodhouse
Meet our Health Hero, Point of Care Clinical Coach - Mental Health Katie Woodhouse who is passionate about supporting our mental health teams by tailoring education to whatever is happening on the wards in real time.
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02 May 2025
Stepping up to lend a hand during flood recovery
Putting her name forward to help the community during Hervey Bay's flood recovery in March has been a rewarding experience for Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service employee Melanie Carter.
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02 August 2024
Ben’s journey from health worker to registered nurse
Traveling hundreds of kilometres a week across the North Burnett as an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health worker, Ben Blucher mostly passes the time in the car listening to music to get him pumped up for the day.
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02 August 2024
A Mission to Enhance Indigenous Engagement in Palliative Care
Grace Harris has been straight to work as WBHHS’s first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health worker in palliative care.
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02 August 2024
Uncovering disparities in health outcomes among the Indigenous population
After years working as a Registered Nurse in Bundaberg’s busy Emergency Department, Mahkaylia Walsh has shifted focus from bedside care and has spent the last year auditing charts and digging through data.
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01 August 2024
WBHHS Health Hero - Ardi Muckan
Working together without ill judgements and preconceived notions will eventually lead to a cooperatively positive outcome.
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01 August 2024
Stevan Ober's Healthcare Journey
Surrounded by family members working in health at the age of 16 Stevan Ober followed suit with his first job in an Aboriginal nursing home as an AIN.
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28 June 2024
WBHHS Health Hero - Sharon Carlin
"I work within a team to support patients to achieve activation on the Kidney Transplant list whilst also assisting them with their dialysis treatments."
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27 June 2024
WBHHS Health Hero - Sharon Carlin
"I work within a team to support patients to achieve activation on the Kidney Transplant list whilst also assisting them with their dialysis treatments."
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26 June 2024
Vale Robyn Stoeve
Our friend and colleague Robyn Stoeve passed away 6 May 2024 with her husband and son by her side.
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29 May 2024
Meet Bundaberg Hospital's biggest smile
When Judy Stubbs says she greets everyone who enters Bundaberg Hospital with a big smile she isn’t exaggerating. Walking into the main entrance, it is almost impossible to miss her warm welcome.