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05 March 2025
Surprise delivery: Baby born on Goondiwindi riverwalk
When Meg Ellis and her partner Jack McAuley went for a walk along the Goondiwindi Macintyre River, they didn’t expect to be delivering their baby daughter along the riverwalk.
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27 February 2025
State-of-the-art orthopaedic robot arrives at Darling Downs Health
Darling Downs Health patients requiring joint replacements will benefit from the arrival of the MAKO robot that uses 3D CT-based surgical planning to help orthopaedic surgeons complete joint replacements in a more accurate and precise manner.
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27 February 2025
Avoid the bite of mosquitoes as new cases of Japanese encephalitis virus detected
Darling Downs Health is urging the community to protect themselves from the risk of mosquito-borne viruses after two new cases of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) were detected in New South Wales, including one close to the Southern Downs region.
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18 February 2025
New audiology service for Darling Downs children
A new audiology service is helping children with hearing, speech, and language concerns.
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16 January 2025
Jandowae community gives back to its local hospital
Jandowae Multipurpose Health Service has welcomed a donation of furniture for its long stay unit.
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16 January 2025
Free BreastScreen service visiting Pittsworth and Millmerran
BreastScreen Queensland is returning to Pittsworth and Millmerran during January and February, providing local women with easy access to this essential health check.
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16 January 2025
Improving health outcomes at five rural Darling Downs Health facilities
This small device is having a big impact on helping improve rural health outcomes across the Darling Downs.
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16 January 2025
Darling Downs Health welcomes 64 medical interns for 2025
Dr Lucy Lloyd-Morgan has always cared about regional and rural healthcare; in fact, you could say that passion is part of her DNA.
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16 January 2025
Works commence on new helipad at Kingaroy Hospital
Work has commenced on a new helipad at Kingaroy Hospital. Replacing the existing one located at the northern end of the campus, the new location will help future proof air transportation at the facility for decades to come.
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27 December 2024
Keep cool as severe heatwave conditions hit the holidays
People in the Darling Downs, Granite Belt and Burnett regions are being urged to stay cool and be on the lookout for heat-related illnesses as they ring in the final few days of 2024, with severe heatwave conditions being forecast from today through
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23 December 2024
New Toowoomba Hospital artwork survey now open
The Darling Downs community is encouraged to complete the new Toowoomba Hospital artwork survey to help shape the development of artwork themes in the new facility.