A SENIOR Royal Adelaide Hospital stroke specialist has cancelled her leave after uproar following The Advertiser revealing two senior specialists — of only four accredited in the state to suction brain blood clots — were again going on leave at the same time.
THE $2.4 billion Royal Adelaide Hospital’s accreditation to operate is now being judged by inspectors who have had a second look after failing it in 24 areas prior to the March election.
SA HEALTH is warning people not to eat alfalfa sprouts from SA Sprouts after 21 people were confirmed to have contracted salmonella. Seven are now in hospital.
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HE was gone for three years — but not forgotten. South Australians feared their favourite feathered friend had perished after he dropped off the radar until this photo emerged.
ALLOWING two RAH stroke specialists to go on leave at the same time next month breaches policy – and SA Health planned to pay a locum $50,000 for a fortnight to fill in.
SA HEALTH likes its secrets. When we asked a series of specific questions about the latest stroke rostering debacle, we got a vague two-line response. And on radio this morning, a senior RAH spokesman said media scrutiny of the issue was “not helpful” as he avoided answering direct questions — read the transcript.
THE Royal Adelaide Hospital’s stroke service faces having just one junior doctor to provide 24/7 treatment — because two senior specialists are again going on holidays at the same time.
THE biggest single group of Chinese visitors ever to tour Adelaide has spent five days meeting locals from koalas to the Governor — and injecting a massive amount of money into SA’s economy.
THE SA Government will team up with its Victorian counterparts to boost tourism in Australia’s two biggest cycling states through a new Adelaide-Melbourne bikeway.
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