ONE of the first patients in Cairns Private Hospital’s new state-of-the-art cath lab is relieved she no longer has to travel 1700km for treatment. Innisfail resident Lesley Elliott required a “tune-up ...

The Far North’s cardiac patients will not need to travel down south for more complex treatment, thanks to a new catheter laboratory launched at Cairns Hospital. The $2.8 million facility was funded by ...

Health workers claim staff infighting at a specialist unit within Cairns Hospital has resulted in patients needing to be transferred to Townsville for treatment. The Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and ...

The cath lab was temporarily unavailable on October 2, 5, 7 and 10, which the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service claims were planned occasions needing to manage staff leave and fatigue ...

CAIRNS Hospital needs a new cardiac catheter laboratory, having outgrown its ageing heart treatment service. Patient activity at the cath lab has almost doubled since 2013, according to the Cairns and ...

THE Cairns Hospital is just $100,000 off its funding goal for a second cardiac catheter laboratory after a second huge donation was made within a week. A Cairns family pledged $100,000 to the Far ...