Old RAH medical gear off to Uganda — but there’s a catch
A UGANDAN student studying in Adelaide who secured some surplus medical equipment from the old Royal Adelaide Hospital is seeking help to pay to ship it to his impoverished home town.
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Advice to blind: Look it up
VISION impaired people are being told they must use websites to find interstate suppliers of information in large print, e-text, audio and braille because of federal funding changes, the Royal Society for the Blind says.
Who knew Noumea would be so different
Royal Caribbean has set up new evening shore excursions for the line’s first-ever overnight call to Noumea this year including a stop at Mystery Island, Vanuatu.
Ambos invoke no-go rule as assaults surge
POLICE escorts are being deployed during ambulance call-outs to 90 red-flagged addresses where 81 individuals have assaulted or threatened paramedics who were performing lifesaving work.
Man, 31, hit by meningococcal B
AN Adelaide man is stable in hospital after being diagnosed with the meningococcal B strain, a day after a free vaccine plan was announced.
Meningococcal B jab made free for SA kids
FREE meningococcal B vaccine for infants and adolescents — a world first — has been praised by a family whose infant son lost his feet and fingers to the disease.
Hospital blackout sparks new concerns over safety
A POWER blackout at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital has interrupted two surgeries and forced the postponement of elective surgery.
Ambos ramping as clogged hospitals struggle again
ADELAIDE’S public hospital EDs are operating over capacity and gridlocked by people treated but not given ward beds, including nine waiting more than 24 hours as at 3pm Monday.
‘I deserve the chance to save my own life’
IN 2015, leukaemia was set to take Deborah Sims’ life. With some research she found new drugs that could save her — but they weren’t available in Australia. Now cancer-free, she’s standing up for sufferers’ rights to try new drugs that may save their lives.
Adelaide couple’s cleft palate breakthrough
AN Adelaide husband-and-wife team are behind a breakthrough in researching cleft palates, which may one day lead to simple dietary changes to prevent the defect.
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