Adelaide hospital so full it’s ‘like managing a disaster’: Union
Chronic ramping blew out waiting times by 10 hours at the Lyell McEwin hospital on Monday, with the doctors’ union calling it closer to a disaster than a health service.
SA Health
Coverage of the South Australian health system, including hospital overcrowding, ambulance ramping and mental health treatment.
Face mask rules return as Covid wave grips SA
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RAT alert as Covid cases spike for third week running
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81yo nan forced to wait two hours for ambo on pokie room floor
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Ambulance crisis: Second elderly death revealed in two days
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Family distraught as father dies after five-hour wait for ambo
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Top surgeon quits ‘steaming turd’ public system in disgust
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Christmas in doubt: 8000 South Aussies desperate to come home
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Save our sons: Shattered mums fight a bleeding system
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