Eddie’s ‘broken’ family blames Mali for absent ambo tragedy
The family of a man who died during an agonising 10-hour wait for an ambulance says the buck stops with the Premier after his promise to fix ramping.
SA Health
Coverage of the South Australian health system, including hospital overcrowding, ambulance ramping and mental health treatment.
As ‘wave-on-wave’ of Covid hits interstate, should SA be worried?
A new Covid strain that’s caused cause a spike in hospitalisations interstate is in SA, but Professor Nicola Spurrier has reassured South Aussies there’s no need to panic.
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.
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Full house: No hospital beds left in Adelaide
SA Health has run out of metropolitan hospital beds – with the Covid peak yet to hit, and more than 100 people waiting in emergency departments for a ward bed.
Patient on stretcher for 12 hours as 18 ambo crews off
SA’s ambos were again under extreme strain overnight with 18 crews off – forcing one woman to spend 12 hours on a stretcher after a heart attack.
Adelaide hospital’s fatal, disturbing mistake
A man told hospital staff he wasn’t “ feeling right” – but a young doctor didn’t take him seriously and sent him home. He didn’t survive.
Ambulance ramping goes from bad to worse in SA
Ambulance ramping in Adelaide has hit a new low in June, with every bed in the system currently full thanks to a surge in flu and Covid cases.
Is this the health fix? Dozens of new million-dollar ambulances
The state government will spend $36.9m on dozens of new ambulances – the largest such order SA has ever seen – in a bid to address the ramping crisis.
Packed Royal Adelaide Hospital hits disturbing new low
The patient logjam at the RAH’s emergency department was the worst on record last Monday, the doctor’s union says – until yesterday, when it was even worse.
‘It is disgusting’: Cancer patient speaks out on three-hour footpath wait
A grandmother has spoken from her hospital bed after she was left injured on a footpath for hours before help arrived. Watch her video.
Premier defends health staff after sick woman left lying on ED floor
The Premier has defended FMC health workers after a seriously ill woman was left on a cold waiting room floor for five hours due to a lack of emergency beds.
Emergency SMS that no one saw: RAH’s appalling crisis plan bungle
A probe into how RAH staff responded to a huge hotel blaze has found the hospital’s catastrophe plan was never activated – because no one saw a crucial text message.
Hospital figures ‘faked’ to hide ramping extent
Patients turned away and treated in chairs, figures faked, staff so fatigued people may die – a Royal Commission is the only way to fix SA’s health system, experts say.
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