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SA Health
Coverage of the South Australian health system, including hospital overcrowding, ambulance ramping and mental health treatment.
Ambo ramping still ‘out of control’ – but there is one bit of good news
While persistently high ramping levels continue to plague the government – which promised to fix the crisis – there is good news on one other health metric.
SA public hospitals ‘catastrophic’ report exposes injury and death
Hospital catastrophes, faster ambo response times, longer waits to see a GP or be assessed for home care packages – a Productivity Commission report on health in SA has it all.
Woman’s agonising wait for ambulance hours before death
As SA’s ramping crisis continues, the family of a cancer sufferer has spoken out after she “waited and waited” in agony for an ambulance that didn’t arrive.
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‘We never found out why those babies died’, WCH hearing told
Officials have pledged to end a 40-year tradition at the beleaguered hospital, after a series of stunning blows sparked parliamentary hearings.
No answers a month after woman’s tragic RAH suicide
SA Health promised an urgent investigation into the death of a woman left alone in the busy RAH emergency department – but a month later, it’s not finished.
WCH top brass called to explain ‘catastrophic repercussions’ risk
As Women’s and Children’s executives are called to parliament to explain the loss of accreditation credentials, an eminent obstetrician warns of “catastrophic repercussions”.
Fixing health: Labor wounded after sick kids hospital crisis
Labor sowed the unrealistic expectation it would fix the health system and this is coming back to bite the government, writes Paul Starick.
WCH’s litany of failures exposed in disturbing report
A shocking report has revealed the WCH intensive care unit is understaffed, overcrowded and obsolete, causing burnout among exhausted doctors and nurses. Read the findings here.
Hospitals near double capacity – but SA Health denies own figures
Some of Adelaide’s hospitals appear to be running at nearly double their capacity – but SA Health says its own official figures can’t be trusted.
Brilliant emergency hospital service for kids you may not know exists
It launched with little fanfare about 15 months ago – now this staggeringly good WCH idea has stopped nearly 15,000 kids clogging up emergency, writes Jess Adamson.
The Adelaide hospital where patients sleep in storerooms
One Adelaide hospital has been forced to convert storerooms and other “unconventional spaces” into patient beds in a bid to ease the ramping crush and overflowing waiting rooms.
Hospital’s top docs ordered to investigate stabbed boy scandal
Senior WCH doctors will review why a traumatised young boy was forced to wait hours for treatment after being stabbed in a terrifying robbery.
Furious doctors revolt over ‘unlawful’ order to rush their rounds
RAH doctors say an order to fast-track their rounds to clear ward beds and ease ramping is illegal, dangerous and would leave them just three minutes to assess each patient.
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