Ramping hell: SA EDs descend into ‘Hunger Games’ chaos
Claims hospital administrators are overtly and covertly pressuring clinicians to clear beds and prioritise ambulance arrivals is turning EDs into “Hunger Games” scenes, the doctors’ union says.
Our Journalists
Latest
‘Threat to top doctor’ over ramping deaths probe
Explosive claims of political intimidation of a top RAH doctor and flawed investigations of patient deaths have been made at a parliamentary hearing.
Old BOM battered as weather bureau blows upgrade funds
A tech expert says its past time Australia’s weather forecaster caught up with years old technology.
Calls to crackdown on noisy trucks could be extremely costly
A Labor MP wants noise cameras installed on a major arterial road but truckies say noise is no longer an issue and there is a solution – but it will cost.
$19k, 4 days: What your Gather Round stay could cost
From opulent luxury to cheap and cheerful, Airbnb hosts are cashing in on the festival of footy whether fans fancy a French-style chateau, tiny house or a campsite.
Patients stitched up by health system as surgeries cancelled
Hundreds of elective surgeries are being cancelled as the public health system buckles under record emergency arrivals in a worrying symptom of what’s to come.
15-hour wait with suspected stroke as ‘meth-heads in cuffs’ skip queue
A man suffering a suspected stroke waited 15 hours at Lyell McEwin Hospital before giving up – as meth-affected patients in handcuffs were ushered through, his furious wife says.
Soaring wait times blow out for ‘urgent’ cases at hospital EDs
Patients triaged as “urgent” are waiting longer to be seen at public hospital EDs, an AMA report shows.
‘It’s about time’: Contraceptive pills listed on PBS, first time in 30 years
Around 50,000 women will see the cost of their oral contraceptive pills fall from $380 a year to as little as $30.80 after the first such listing on the PBS in more than 30 years. See the pills listed.
Did wonder drug kill Dougal? Pet owners’ pain as vets on alert
For Judy Coleman, beloved dog Dougal was her reason to get up in the morning — he died within months of starting a new arthritis drug and now US authorities are warning of side effects.
Original URL: https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/journalists/brad-crouch