Ramping reaches ridiculous new levels as paramedics ‘left to rot’
Time lost to ambulance ramping has smashed the 5000-hour mark for the first time, as there appears no end in sight for the ongoing saga gripping our health system.
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Coverage of the South Australian health system, including hospital overcrowding, ambulance ramping and mental health treatment.
SA Health silent on bombshell claims about suspended staff
SA Health is neither confirming nor denying bombshell whistleblower claims about one of its key agencies, issuing a terse “no comment.”
‘I’m going blind’: Goers blasts SA Health over surgery cancellation
Slowly going blind in one eye, Peter Goers waited patiently for 18 months for cataract surgery in our public health system. When the day arrived, the surgery was cancelled.
Starick: Mali shovels your billions into a bottomless pit
Labor has ploughed $7.1bn into fixing ramping but has the money been wasted, asks Paul Starick.
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SA Health boss goes private over 20,000 stuck in hospital queues
The head of SA’s public hospital system says she’s ordered new measures to free up the system, as tensions simmer between stressed paramedics and ED staff.
Brutal stabbing highlights another deadly side to ramping crisis
People with mental health issues are clogging up emergency departments – often for days – SA’s health minister has admitted.
Ambos v nurses: How ramping is causing conflict in patient care
As elective surgery lists blow out new documents on ramping reveal tensions rising as ambulance officers and ED clinicians try to do their best for patients amid clashes over priorities.
‘Gentle giant’: Former carer’s tribute for Eddie
The 54-year-old who died in excruciating pain after waiting more than 10 hours for an ambulance has been described as a “beautiful man”.
10 hours of agony: Man dies while waiting for ambulance
A disabled eastern suburbs man, 54, has died in excruciating pain after waiting more than 10 hours for an ambulance.
10 hours of agony: Man dies while waiting for ambulance
A man has died in agony waiting more than 10 hours for an ambulance.
Why was he free: Picton won’t admit health system failed Julie
Wednesday’s horror fatal stabbing in Plympton has highlighted SA’s crippling health crisis – but the state’s health minister won’t concede a system failure, calling for a review to decide.
A country practice: SA towns offering cash to lure docs
South Australian GPs have the chance to pocket an extra $10,000 – they’ve just got to go and work in the country. Find out the towns offering doctors a $10k sweetener to settle.
Tributes: ‘The children he helped save will be his enduring legacy’
The children’s lives he saved during their time in critical care will become Dr Michael Jung’s lasting legacy. Read the tributes and leave yours here.
Police investigation intensifies into alleged unprovoked attack on top doc
Police are leaving no stone unturned in their search for those responsible for a horror home invasion and attack on a beloved Adelaide doctor.
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