Baby steps: Work starts on first stage of new WCH
Work is set to begin on the new Women’s and Children’s Hospital, focusing on the eight-storey carpark – with 1300 spaces.
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Coverage of the South Australian health system, including hospital overcrowding, ambulance ramping and mental health treatment.
‘Extraordinary’: Huge uprising against under-fire SA hospital
A petition demanding upgrades and changes to a regional hospital has triggered a massive response, with one MP calling it “momentous”.
Cancer patient ‘left to die’ claims he’s ‘lost in the system’
Cancer patient Wayne Talbot says he was “lost in the system” as his cancer spread but SA Health and the Health Minister say there have been “no delays”.
How three-year-old Blake saved his baby brother’s life
Brotherly love runs deep in this Adelaide family – find out how three-year-old Blake saved the life of his baby brother Max.
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Meth ‘explosion’ fuels rise in ambulance ramping
A surge in violent meth-affected people having psychotic episodes is clogging hospital EDs, in turn causing ambulance ramping, a parliamentary committee has heard.
‘Everyone is burnt out’: Fed-up ambos search for exit strategy
An experienced officer has sounded a new warning over the ambulance crisis, saying it’s going to get worse when exhausted paramedics succeed in finding new jobs.
Child with bad burns forced to wait for ambulance
A family has endured a shocking 51-minute wait after calling an ambulance for their three-year-old child, who was burned with hot tea.
Huge challenge to get vaccines to all state’s children
SA Health expects to have enough Pfizer vaccines for SA’s 148,000 children – but faces a workforce shortage and a huge challenge to get them to the kids.
‘It terrifies me’: SA nurse pleads with Premier for help
An SA nurse has written an open letter to the Premier highlighting the unbelievably difficult work conditions Covid has created.
Elective surgery off as hospital crisis looms
The Premier’s decision to cancel most elective surgeries as Covid cases surge is the right call, peak medical bodies say. Here’s why.
Our ambo crisis: The long waits that cost lives
When ambulances are ramped, they are unable to respond to other emergency calls, creating anxious waits for desperate families. Here we talk to those who had to wait too long.
‘My son died waiting for an ambulance’
Michelle Viney says her son Jayden died while waiting for an ambulance as leaked documents reveal more failures and the extent of ramping.
Overcrowding and ramping: More staff to tackle WCH woes
The Women’s and Children’s Hospital will put on extra ED staff and has commissioned a review as it struggles to deal with demand.
We’ve been on the Covid frontline – it’s the unvaccinated who die
These frontline SA medical staff experienced life in a Covid ward in Melbourne, and tell of the devastation at watching unvaccinated patients die an avoidable death.
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