Tarzia’s abortion debate warning after crushing Black loss
Opposition Leader Vincent Tarzia has sent a stern warning to any Liberal MP thinking of putting late-term abortion back on the parliamentary agenda.
SA Health
Coverage of the South Australian health system, including hospital overcrowding, ambulance ramping and mental health treatment.
Ramping figures dip, yet still higher than when Labor elected
Ramping numbers continued to fall for the third month running, but the opposition has claimed it’s still “the worst ramping in state history.”
Revealed: Secret plan to revive Western Hospital
A glossy sales pitch to sell the embattled Western Hospital would see its loss-making ICU turned into a lucrative high dependence unit, as well as another big switch.
Whooping hell SA: Triple whammy surge of diseases hits the state
A barrage of infectious diseases is sweeping through South Australia with health officials imploring the sick to stay home.
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Bombshell moves as top SA Health ED bosses quit
Key emergency department doctors have stood down from leadership roles at the RAH and Flinders Medical Centre, as ambulance ramping continues to spiral out of control.
$750,000 ambus goes from ‘white elephant’ to white knight
It created a stir when unveiled but the $750,000, 12-patient “ambus” quickly faded from public attention. Despite initial doubts, officials now say it’s a “valuable asset”.
Breakthrough AI aims to cut down Adelaide ramping nightmare
The homegrown “Adelaide Score” using AI to speed up patient discharge has proved successful – and now the Adelaide name could be used to cut ramping in hospitals worldwide.
Record ramping … but you can now charge your car while you wait
As SA Health wrestles with record ramping, the RAH’s management has installed six EV charging stations adjacent the ED so people can charge their cars while they wait.
SA babies most at risk as whooping cough cases explode
Parents have been issued a stark warning after a huge ten-fold surge in cases of potentially deadly whooping cough in South Australia.
Radical plan to blitz surgery wait times as ramping hits grim milestone
With patients waiting up to six years to see a public hospital specialist, and new horror ramping figures, SA Health is planning to use the private sector in a bold bid to cut wait times.
First look at $51m bid to tackle ramping at QEH
Concrete is being poured on a $51m unit opposite the QEH that’s part of the state government’s push to free up emergency department beds.
Mali’s core failure laid bare in grim ramping reveal
It was the promise that propelled Peter Malinauskas to the Premier’s office, but more than two years on there are ominous signs for SA’s stressed hospitals.
‘Clear lie’: Clinicians infuriated over new cancel elective surgery order
As the health system buckles under near-relentless pressure a new order to cancel non-urgent elective surgery has been issued, as the $2.7bn RAH faces state and federal safety inspections.
‘Grave concern’: Triple-0 calls hit long delays as health crisis spirals
More than 20 triple-0 callmakers faced lengthy delays for paramedics on Wednesday, prompting fears South Australians will unnecessarily die as a result of the state’s spiralling health crisis.
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