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.
SA Health
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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Replay: The hi-tech future of SA’s health system
Experts say digital technologies can cure both patients and our overloaded hospital system. Watch a full replay of the panel discussion on the future of SA’s health network.
Hundreds of triple-0 calls get sent a taxi instead
Paramedics are now sending taxis to hundreds of people who call triple-0 for an ambulance after deciding their condition isn’t serious enough.
Medics under attack 36 times a day
Violence in SA hospitals is on the rise, with nurses and doctors experiencing an average of more than 36 incidents a day – including spitting, choking and biting.
Third boss in 12 months for key Adelaide health service
One of Adelaide’s biggest health networks will have an interim CEO for at least a year, after the old acting boss took a new job.
Another day, more shameful hospital ED overcrowding
Pictures of a packed Lyell McEwin Hospital emergency department have emerged, highlighting yet more chronic overcrowding in metro hospitals.
Mount Gambier Private Hospital put in administration
The Limestone Coast’s only private hospital has gone into voluntary administration, putting its long-term future in doubt amid a funding crisis.
No beds available: Major incident at RAH, QEH
Internal emergencies have been declared at two major hospitals as more than half their EDs’ capacity are taken up with patients waiting for beds.
Top doc slams SA Health ‘cult of abuse and bullying’
An eminent doctor says the “disastrous bungling” of SA Health has led to a dysfunctional culture of bullying that’s driving talented clinicians to leave our state.
Adelaide hospital parking fees now ‘greater than Sydney’
Parking fees have risen at public hospitals once again – and it’s now more expensive to park at some Adelaide hospitals than those in Sydney. See the table.
Patient died after ‘two-hour ambulance wait’
A man was left lying on the floor of his Norwood home for two hours, gradually losing consciousness, while half of all metropolitan ambulances were ramped, an inquest has heard.
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