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02 May 2023
Murray Valley Encephalitis alert
Health authorities are encouraging people in the Longreach local government area to beware of mosquito bites.
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12 April 2023
Working with Blackall-Tambo Regional Council to attract doctors
The Central West Hospital and Health Service has partnered with the Blackall-Tambo Regional Council in a joint initiative to promote the Blackall and Tambo communities and help attract new doctors to the area.
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06 February 2023
12 new nurse graduates join Central West Health
Twelve new nursing graduates start work with Central West Hospital and Health Service this week (6 February).
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03 February 2023
Baby Hudson gets first Storyfest book donation for 2023
Longreach baby Hudson Groves and his mother Nina have received the first of 100 special reading packs donated by a Queensland literary organisation to the Central West Hospital and Health Service.
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31 January 2023
BreastScreen Qld mobile van heading to Central West in February
BreastScreen Queensland’s state-of the-art mobile screening van will visit the Central West region from early February to late April and women are encouraged to attend and have their free breast screen.
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27 January 2023
Chief Executive appointment
Acting Central West Hospital and Health Service Chief Executive Anthony West has been appointed to his position permanently.
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17 January 2023
First baby of 2023 at Longreach
Longreach Hospital’s maternity unit welcomed it’s first baby of 2023. Little Thomas was born to Longreach residents Kristen and Shane Elliott on 3 January. Thomas is their first child..
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22 December 2022
Storyfest book donation to Longreach newborns and parents in 2023
Babies born at Longreach Hospital during 2023 will each receive a special reading pack thanks to a generous donation of 100 packs by a Queensland literary organisation.
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20 December 2022
Longreach dialysis unit to get under way
Work on the construction of the first nurse-assisted renal haemodialysis unit at Longreach Hospital is expected to get under way during the first half of 2023.