Sydney Street Medical Qld

24/12/2025

🎅 Merry Christmas 🎄

🦌 Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends!

🧑‍🎄 Be Merry, Be Bright 💫

❤️ Love your SSM Family xx

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23/12/2025

🎄 Christmas Holiday Opening Hours

Sorry for any inconvenience

URGENT MEDICAL ASSISTANCE!!

Mackay Base Hospital Emergency Dept,
475 Bridge Road, Mackay
Phone: 4885 6000

OR

Mater Emergency Care Centre,
76 Willetts Road, Mackay
Phone: 4965 5444
**Fees may apply**

😷 Please wear a mask & notify the hospital before arriving if you have flu like symptoms

🙏 Thank you for understanding,

☀️ Wishing you sunshine and good times

🧡 Enjoy your Christmas Holidays. Stay Save! Love your SSM family Xx

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22/12/2025

🎄Thank You 🙏 to all of our beautiful patients sharing the love with us this year! We truly felt special reading your lovely words written in our Christmas cards!

We wish all our patients a safe and Merry Christmas 🎅

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22/12/2025

🎅 The true spirit of Christmas is to recognise that we have the power to make the world a better place, one small act of kindness at a time

👇 Check out our list of Mental Health Services below

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04/12/2025

🌻 International Volunteer Day - 5th Dec

🌷 Every act of volunteering, big or small, contributes to a stronger and more connected world

🖥️ For more information visit:
volunteeringaustralia.org/get-involved/events/international-volunteer-day/ #/

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02/12/2025

👩‍🦼‍➡️International Day of People with Disabilities - 03.12.2025

🚶‍➡️The day aims to promote understanding of disability issues, raise awareness of rights and wellbeing of people with disabilities and increase public awareness of their contributions and achievements

👨‍🦯 Get to know the FACTS:

- Appropriately 5.5 million Australians live with a disability, representing about 21.4% of the population

- The likelihood of having a disability increases with age:
::: More than half of Australians aged 65 and over have a disability
::: For those aged 15-64, the prevalence is around 13%

- The number and proportion of people with disability have increased since 2018

- The most common type of disability within Australia is physical disability, with musculoskeletal disorders and related conditions being the most frequently reported main health conditions

- In Australia, people with disabilities have access to a range of government- funded programs and legal protections designed to help them prepare for, find and maintain employment

🖥️ For more information visit:
idpwd.com.au/whole-and-powerful/

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23/11/2025

Stay cool, keep hydrated & don’t forget to SLIP…SLOP…STAP!!

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⚠️ Severe Heatwave Warning – Mackay region (Central Coast and Whitsundays)

A severe heat wave warning has been issued by the Bureau of Meteorology from Sunday, November 23 to Wednesday, November 26.

🥵Maximum temperatures in coastal areas are expected to be between the mid 30s to 40s, with overnight minimums in the mid to high 20s.

Conditions are expected to intensify and extend eastwards in the coming days.

Keep your cool by:

💧 Staying hydrated – aim for 6 - 8 glasses of water a day
🌤️ Stay out of the sun where possible
🕶️ If you need to go outside, be sun safe and seek shade
💪 Avoid or reduce strenuous activities
🏠 Keep cool indoors – shopping centres and libraries are great if you don’t have air-conditioning
💛 Check in on family, friends and neighbours

For the latest updates and advice, visit 👇
https://www.bom.gov.au/warning/heatwave-warning/IDQ21013

19/11/2025

🧔‍♂️International Men's Day

👨‍🦳International Men's Day is a global awareness day for many issues that men face including abuse, homelessness, su***de, and violence. Celebrated annually on 19th November focusing on the positive value men and boys bring to the community while also acknowledging and reflecting on the challenges they face

🖥️ For more information visit:
Internationalmensday.info


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18/11/2025

🎄Each year SSM chooses a Charity to Donate to for the Christmas period

🎅 This year we have selected Chances House Mackay

🧑‍🎄 Help us help others by dropping a little something into the surgery for us to pass along for you

🦌 Every little bit helps

⭐️ Believe in the magic of Christmas

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15/11/2025

🌼 National Skin Cancer Action Week
🌟November: 16th-22nd

☀️ Australia has the highest rate of skin cancer in the world 🌍

🌞 When exposed to UV radiation it doesn't take long for skin damage including sunburn to occur, increasing the risk of developing skin cancer later in life. In fact, over-exposure to UV radiation causes up to 95% of melanomas

☀️ In every region across Australia, it is likely to reach extreme levels of UV over the summer months

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🖥️ For more information visit:
cancer.org.au/cancer-information/causes-and-prevention/sun-safety/campaigns-and-events/national-skin-cancer-action-week

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13/11/2025

🌍 World Diabetes Day🩸

- In 2025, one in 15 adults in Australia live with diabetes

- The condition is the fastest growing chronic illness in the country

- While Type 1 is not preventable, the more common Type 2 can often be prevented or delayed through lifestyle changes

- Men are more likely to have diabetes than women

- Diabetes is the seventh-leading cause of death in Australia

Let's normalise talking about prevention with our families, friends and communities. With 1800PREVENT (Type 2 Diabetes), your never alone in taking that first step

🖥️ For more information visit:
diabetes Australia.com.au/world-diabetes-day/

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12/11/2025

🌎 World Kindness Day 2025

🤝 Perform Acts of Kindness by:
- Pay for a strangers coffee
- Hold open a door for someone
- Leave an encouraging note for a friend
- Offer help to a neighbour
- Carry someone's groceries
- Acknowledging acts of kindness
- Pick up litter

📝 The list is endless ❤️



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