Dr Simon Bugden, Acting Executive Director Caboolture, Kilcoy & Woodford Clinical Directorate

Pharmacy Director Tim Dunn received a mayday call from our friends at Longreach last Friday, flagging a critical shortfall in their pharmacy workforce due to COVID-19.

One of our Senior Pharmacists, Belinda Chappell, generously agreed to fly out the next morning to provide help for a few weeks. Here she is at Longreach Hospital this week.

Thanks, Tim, for generously offering our help, thanks Belinda for helping and representing us so well.

Compliments … take a skim of this, it’s why we choose to do what we do:

“The hospital provided me with a holistic care. I came there with a pain and operation was done to relieve me of the pain.

“The procedure was explained, the transfer was great and care postoperatively in the ward was excellent.

“Overall, everyone in the hospital provided me with the best service and care a patient could ever ask for.

“I am grateful to the whole Caboolture Hospital team and may they continue to provide excellent service.”

Flu vaccinations … due to start at the end of April.

Busy? … oh yeah, the amount of care being provided is breaking all sorts of records. This is a season you will remember for the rest of your lives, we are working in a memorable season.

Stay calm, slow COVID, keep compassion at the front of your minds and look after each other.

Dr Simon Bugden
Acting Executive Director