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22 November 2024
Tagai college health checks
Young people on Thursday Island are being encouraged to have regular health checks and build healthy behaviours for the future.
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18 November 2024
Accreditation success for TCHHS Eastern Cluster Primary Health Care Centres
Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service (TCHHS) Eastern Cluster Primary Health Care Centres (PHCC) have achieved accreditation with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), acknowledging the high quality of the services
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31 May 2024
Pertussis (whooping cough) cases on Hammond Island
The Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service has recorded three cases of whooping cough (pertussis) on Hammond Island in the Torres Strait over the past month.
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09 April 2024
Families benefitting from new Child Development Service
A new Child Development Service to support families across the Torres Strait, Cape York and Northern Peninsula Area has begun taking referrals.
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27 March 2024
Pertussis (whooping cough) cases
Whooping cough (pertussis) cases are on the increase across Queensland, with 915 confirmed cases so far this year, compared to 14 for the same period last year.
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19 January 2024
Boost for pregnant Cape York women and families
Pregnant women and new mums in Cape York now have access to even better cultural care after the appointment of a First Nations social worker.
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05 December 2023
Acute Post Streptococcal Glomerulonephritis update for Thursday Island
About 75 per cent of children and young people on Thursday Island have received antibiotics to reduce the spread of a highly contagious bacterial skin infection.