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Patients in the central west will soon be able to receive treatment closer to home, with the announcement Longreach will receive a new $2.7 million renal dialysis unit.
The new nurse-assisted, two-chair dialysis unit is expected to be operational at Longreach Hospital by the end of 2022.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the Central West Hospital and Health Service had been allocated funding as part of the government’s expansion of rural and remote renal dialysis services.
The funding is part of the government’s $27.7 million election commitment to deliver 33 renal dialysis treatment spaces across regional Queensland.
“Keeping Queenslanders safe and creating jobs are my two main priorities,” she said.
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UPDATE 2.30PM: The highway has reopened and three people have been hospitalised following a crash involving a car and road works machinery at Longreach.
The three patients sustained minor injuries and were taken to Longreach Hospital in a stable condition.
Police advised the scene was clear and the Landsborough Highway had reopened in both directions.
INITIAL 12.15PM: Four people have been injured in a car and steam roller crash along the Landsborough Highway at Longreach.
Two Queensland Ambulance Service crews are at the site of the incident on the corner of Jabiru Street and the highway, which was reported about 11.20am.
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Two people sustained minor injuries from a single-vehicle crash near Longreach on Thursday morning.
Paramedics were called about 7.40am to reports of a male and female in the vehicle when it crashed on the Landsborough Highway, about 20km from Longreach.
The pair was taken to Longreach Hospital in a stable condition.
Oh, COVID baby : New mums, midwives deliver verdicts on regional baby boom , demographers not so sure
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Baby Kailin is one of many recent arrivals as several Queensland regions experience a surge in births.
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In January last year, before Australia had its first COVID-19 lockdown, Longreach Hospital was buzzing as its revamped maternity unit welcomed four babies.
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At Buderim, obstetricians are expecting a big increase in deliveries next month
Demographers say it will be months before a COVID-19 baby boom can be confirmed Oh, it definitely feels like there s a big boom, she said.