News

29 May 2024

Finding Purpose after loss: Neville's story of healing through service

Neville manages the library cart at Hervey Bay Hospital, weaving through the busy halls with a warmth that belies his own struggles.

29 May 2024

A World of Volunteering Opportunities

Sally Chandler thinks everyone is a winner when it comes to volunteering. She works as a supportive therapy volunteer handing out drinks and snacks or pulling up a chair for a chat while patients are receiving infusions at Maryborough Hospital.

28 May 2024

WBHHS Health Hero - Brad Shultz

I visit all possible patients with ongoing heart conditions, ranging from heart attack, stroke, bypass surgery (from pre-op to post-op), as I myself had a STEMI heart attack followed by bypass surgery at the age of 53.

28 May 2024

Sandra Nagel’s journey into chaplaincy

Sandra Nagel’s journey into chaplaincy began in the early 2000s when she volunteered at the Fraser Coast Palliative Care Service (FCPCS).

24 April 2024

WBHHS Health Hero - Indiana Jacob Ridgely

I love all things old and began to restore engines and tractors when I was about 10 years old.

28 March 2024

WBHHS Health Hero - Janine Bignell

My job is to encourage patients to eat, walk, and engage while on the Med 3 ward. The program aims to help prevent delirium and functional decline by providing meaningful engagement and by educating patients about everyday practices like sitting out

07 March 2024

WBHHS Health Hero - Josette Chor

I lead the multidisciplinary teams in the Public health unit. Our core work is providing, community-oriented and multidisciplinary service on communicable disease control; Immunisation; disease surveillance and research; environmental health and

08 February 2024

WBHHS Health Hero - Danni Stranieri

I engage with people who may be expressing emotional and / or mental distress with the aim of gaining their trust so I can walk alongside them to achieve the recovery goals they identify.

21 December 2023

WBHHS Health Hero - Ken Karrasch

I engage with people who may be expressing emotional and / or mental distress with the aim of gaining their trust so I can walk alongside them to achieve the recovery goals they identify.