Coverage of the South Australian health system, including hospital overcrowding, ambulance ramping and mental health treatment.
Some people are waiting up to five years to see public hospital specialists – and then face another delay for elective surgery. But there are ways to cut the queues. See the table.
A man who went public over a five-month wait to see a public specialist about a positive cancer test has quickly been given an appointment – and placed on another “urgent” list.
Case numbers are sharply up across the state for a nasty respiratory virus that can force some children into hospital and is potentially deadly.
Waiting times to see some public hospital specialists have plunged by years as the system recovers – but some patients face an astonishingly long delay.
SA’s top psychiatrists have warned “something bad is going to happen” because the state’s stretched mental health system is ready to collapse.
A “mouth-dropping” Australian-first urgent mental health care unit in Adelaide has the eyes of the nation on it.
When Advertiser journalist Elizabeth Henson took her mum to the emergency department, it was during a “busy shift”. It cost her mother’s life.
When can I get the COVID-19 jab? Can I get it in my GP office? Our Q&A will help bust the confusion about what the vaccination rollout means for you.
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