Penbo: Ash the Ambo long gone as Mali faces ramping reality
The Malinauskas government’s ramping election pledge is starting to look like one of the biggest broken promises SA has ever seen, writes David Penberthy.
SA Health
Coverage of the South Australian health system, including hospital overcrowding, ambulance ramping and mental health treatment.
‘Gaslighting, suicidal ideation’: Report slams culture in SA Health unit
A disturbing bullying culture exposed by a review into the Forensic Mental Health Service needs urgent action, it has been recommended.
Inside the life-and-death moments of SA’s most premature babies
For SA’s tiniest patients, seconds can mean the difference between life and death. Meet the heroes making sure these little ones make it home.
‘Deaths have happened’: Top doc says politics killing patient care
As ramping hits record levels, a top doctor claims patients are being left to die while bureaucrats order ambulances to unload less urgent cases to fudge figures.
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Child with bad burns forced to wait for ambulance
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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.
What’s up Doc? Salaries, actually
More hospital cost increases go to the rising wages of doctors, nurses and admin staff, rather than service improvements.
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