Just three SA hospitals make list of nation’s best 65
A list of the top 65 hospitals in Australia includes just three from SA – the $2.4bn RAH, Flinders … and a totally left-field one for number 48.
SA Health
Coverage of the South Australian health system, including hospital overcrowding, ambulance ramping and mental health treatment.
Govt rents 25 private hospital beds in desperate bid to ease ramping
As the public health system again buckles under demand the government is renting 25 beds in a private city hospital – but only for people from the southern suburbs.
One dead, 12 sick in TB outbreak in SA’s far north
There are now 13 confirmed cases of tuberculosis in the APY Lands, including one death, as high-ranking health figures rush to the area.
Big shake up in SA Health as another key exec leaves
SA Health faces further upheavals with a key executive leaving and a major agency being scrapped.
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Ambos vote for deal to get 74 more workers
Ambos will accept a deal paving the way for 74 more paramedics following a long dispute with the State Government – but they say more industrial action will follow “when the need arises”.
Covid test site times extended after huge queues
SA Covid-19 testing sites will operate for longer to cope with the increasing demand – the Victoria Park one will run 24 hours a day.
The health system is broken but don’t blame nurses and doctors
I saw doctors and nurses run off their feet while I recovered from a life-threatening condition. They’re under enormous pressure but it isn’t their fault.
SA Health staff Twitter rebellion sparks stern warning
Staff were quick to hijack a top SA Health boss’s social media campaign but now she’s issued a blunt internal message in return.
How to fix a constant emergency overload
Health Minister Stephen Wade will lead a combined push by the states for more federal money for hospitals clogged with NDIS patients.
SA Health considering ‘opportunities’ for staff cuts
SA Health has confirmed it has an “internal document” that outlines plans to cut doctors and nurses at two major hospitals.
Vaccine recipient with blood clots ‘ignored for hours at RAH’
Her GP diagnosed three blood clots after an AstraZeneca vaccine shot but an Adelaide woman had to wait hours for treatment at the Royal Adelaide Hospital ED.
Ramping crisis: ‘She was saying, just let me die’
A 93-year-old dementia patient stuck in a ramped ambulance for three hours on Monday morning pleaded with her daughter to let her die.
Star to return as Hinkley hints at Showdown reshuffle
Port Adelaide will welcome back Travis Boak. But, in a surprise, a young defender has been dropped. And it could mean a number of positional changes. See the team.
SA Health high alert after shocking computer dosage error
The computer at the heart of SA Health’s patient care has started adding extra digits to medication dosages, turning 10mg into 100mg.
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