‘Didn’t know where to go’: Remote patients given lifeline at Karingal

Email From high-risk births to lifesaving operations, remote patients from across Qld and the NT are finding comfort, care and respite at a NQ accommodation hub quietly changing lives. But pressure is mounting on the service as demand increases.

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