22/06/2026
Always a fun night 🙏
ONE.
One night.
One million dollars.
One patient speaker.
128 guests.
One new ECMO service coming to Cairns.
One incredible community.
This is what Saturday night looked like as we hosted our annual donor dinner at the Cairns Showgrounds.
This year, we set out to raise enough to establish an ECMO service - life-saving equipment that can mean the difference between life and death for the most critically unwell patients in Intensive Care.
And wow, did our community step up.
Incredible generosity led by Kenfrost Homes, Denise and Ellis Richardson, Bresnahan Family, Chapman Foundation, Mills Family Foundation, Fowler’s Group, EMS Exports - and so many others - helped raise an extraordinary $1.1 million.
Surpassing our $800,000 goal, means we can now not only begin work on the ECMO service, but also take the next step towards funding a CT device for use during orthopaedic spinal surgery.
You’ll be hearing much more about our donor dinner in the coming weeks - but for now, thank you.
On behalf of future patients, thank you.
* ECMO is a temporary, advanced life-support therapy. It pumps a patient's blood outside the body to an artificial lung machine, which adds oxygen and removes carbon dioxide. By doing the work of the heart and lungs, ECMO gives these organs time to rest and heal.
Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service Kenfrost Homes Fowler's Group