Soaring wait times blow out for ‘urgent’ cases at hospital EDs
Patients triaged as “urgent” are waiting longer to be seen at public hospital EDs, an AMA report shows.
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Coverage of the South Australian health system, including hospital overcrowding, ambulance ramping and mental health treatment.
Relief doctor walks out of ‘dangerous’ SA hospital
A relief doctor saw one patient at a regional SA hospital and walked out an hour into her four-day shift, claiming it was “dangerous” – now she’s been sanctioned.
Security furious as SA Health owes guards years of back pay
As hospital staff increasingly call for help dealing with violent and aggressive people, The Advertiser can reveal hospital security guards are owed years of back pay.
Code Black calls skyrocket as petrified health workers struggle
Code Black calls for help from hospital staff facing intimidation, verbal threats and physicals assaults are on the rise with one regional area seeing them rise from seven to 159 in three years.
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$750,000 ambus goes from ‘white elephant’ to white knight
It created a stir when unveiled but the $750,000, 12-patient “ambus” quickly faded from public attention. Despite initial doubts, officials now say it’s a “valuable asset”.
Breakthrough AI aims to cut down Adelaide ramping nightmare
The homegrown “Adelaide Score” using AI to speed up patient discharge has proved successful – and now the Adelaide name could be used to cut ramping in hospitals worldwide.
Record ramping … but you can now charge your car while you wait
As SA Health wrestles with record ramping, the RAH’s management has installed six EV charging stations adjacent the ED so people can charge their cars while they wait.
SA babies most at risk as whooping cough cases explode
Parents have been issued a stark warning after a huge ten-fold surge in cases of potentially deadly whooping cough in South Australia.
Radical plan to blitz surgery wait times as ramping hits grim milestone
With patients waiting up to six years to see a public hospital specialist, and new horror ramping figures, SA Health is planning to use the private sector in a bold bid to cut wait times.
First look at $51m bid to tackle ramping at QEH
Concrete is being poured on a $51m unit opposite the QEH that’s part of the state government’s push to free up emergency department beds.
Mali’s core failure laid bare in grim ramping reveal
It was the promise that propelled Peter Malinauskas to the Premier’s office, but more than two years on there are ominous signs for SA’s stressed hospitals.
‘Clear lie’: Clinicians infuriated over new cancel elective surgery order
As the health system buckles under near-relentless pressure a new order to cancel non-urgent elective surgery has been issued, as the $2.7bn RAH faces state and federal safety inspections.
‘Grave concern’: Triple-0 calls hit long delays as health crisis spirals
More than 20 triple-0 callmakers faced lengthy delays for paramedics on Wednesday, prompting fears South Australians will unnecessarily die as a result of the state’s spiralling health crisis.
Man dies after five-hour wait for ambo
As ramping rocketed in SA, an elderly man was left waiting more than five hours for help – and when it finally arrived it was too late to save his life.
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