$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”.
SA Health
Coverage of the South Australian health system, including hospital overcrowding, ambulance ramping and mental health treatment.
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.
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Picton unveils anti-ramping hub in third Adelaide suburb
The Health Minister says the new facility will take pressure off nearby hospitals when patients use it as an alternative to the emergency department.
‘Like being in a war zone’: Staff hit breaking point at under-siege RAH
Another night, another horror show in the Royal Adelaide Hospital emergency department. And medical unions say it’s leaving staff at breaking point.
Adelaide’s newly opened ED already under siege as RAH spills
It didn’t take long for the newly upgraded Queen Elizabeth Hospital’s emergency room to fill up.
Why it’s about to cost more to see a doctor
A new state tax hit on GPs will flow on to embattled EDs from Monday, the Australian Medical Association warn – find out what it means for you.
New mums yet to be told if caught up in due date debacle
Mothers engulfed in an SA Health blunder that miscalculated due dates of their baby’s birth are still yet to know whether they have been adversely affected.
94 recommendations: Report exposes kids’ mental health crisis
A major review into child mental health services has made 94 recommendations to overhaul services, amid a shocking surge in the number of kids in distress.
More payouts loom after huge hospital bungle
The WCH cochlear implant scandal has widened with even more families now eligible to receive a one-off $50,000 payment – and still take legal action.
Rare virus reappears in SA amid interstate outbreak
SA Health has issued an alert for mpox, after the first locally-acquired cases since 2022 were detected in the state.
‘Unrelenting’ ramping stress driving away our ED heroes
An emergency department director says the ramping crisis is leading to a huge turnover of nurses and doctors, as an inquest into the deaths of three South Australians continues.
The good, bad and the ugly: Life on the ‘Wild West’ SA ED frontline
ED clinicians have given their raw view of life on the frontline of hospital emergency department work amid record ramping and overcapacity.
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