From crisis to routine: Ramping hospital hell to be the ‘new normal’
With SA patients spending near five years on ambulance ramps, ramping, ED wait-times and postponed surgeries have almost become the “new normal”.
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Coverage of the South Australian health system, including hospital overcrowding, ambulance ramping and mental health treatment.
Inside Adelaide ED’s week from hell: Ramped – then heart attack hits
Two hours ramped with a heart attack and an impossible choice between three desperate patients for a doctor are among some “horrendous” cases.
Five burning issues for SA as Boothby bungle kicks off campaign
South Australia is on track to play a crucial role on election night even though it is no longer a battleground state, Paul Starick writes.
FMC facing infectious diseases outbreak
A highly contagious bug has put restrictions within the Flinders Medical Centre to try and stop the spread of the antibiotic-resistant CPE.
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RAH’s breathtaking room reclaim costing an eye-watering amount
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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.
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.
Relief doctor walks out of ‘dangerous’ SA hospital
A relief doctor saw one patient at a regional SA hospital and walked out an hour into her four-day shift, claiming it was “dangerous” – now she’s been sanctioned.
Security furious as SA Health owes guards years of back pay
As hospital staff increasingly call for help dealing with violent and aggressive people, The Advertiser can reveal hospital security guards are owed years of back pay.
Code Black calls skyrocket as petrified health workers struggle
Code Black calls for help from hospital staff facing intimidation, verbal threats and physicals assaults are on the rise with one regional area seeing them rise from seven to 159 in three years.
SA Health’s ‘special leave’ for Covid-19 facing the firing line
Automatic Special Leave for SA Health staff who test positive to Covid-19 is being reassessed, with plans for such workers no longer be directed to stay home from work unless they are ill.
Exposed: The SA nurses you wouldn’t want treating you
Forging prescriptions, lying on resumes and impersonating a RAH nurse, these medical professionals had their registrations canned or restricted. Some of them weren’t even qualified.
Ramping fix? Patients warehoused in corridor cover-up
A planned updated policy on ambulance transfers at EDs has alarmed clinicians who fear it will increase pressure to unload ambulance patients into already-clogged hospitals.
Ominous sign over latest ambulance ramping figures
Ramping has risen for the third month in a row – but while the government says it’s way down, the Opposition called it a terrible start to 2025.
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