FMC facing infectious diseases outbreak
A highly contagious bug has put restrictions within the Flinders Medical Centre to try and stop the spread of the antibiotic-resistant CPE.
SA Health
Coverage of the South Australian health system, including hospital overcrowding, ambulance ramping and mental health treatment.
RAH’s breathtaking room reclaim costing an eye-watering amount
The $2.7bn Royal Adelaide Hospital is planning to move services out as it runs out of room, while an area it leased to a private consortium and now rents back at a higher rate may be turned “into a pizza bar.”
Ramping hell: SA EDs descend into ‘Hunger Games’ chaos
Claims hospital administrators are overtly and covertly pressuring clinicians to clear beds and prioritise ambulance arrivals is turning EDs into “Hunger Games” scenes, the doctors’ union says.
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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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.
Picton eyes Covid-era fix as ramping hits record levels
SA Health released a tender on expressing interest in transforming a “ready-made” facility into a makeshift hospital with 25 beds to ease ramping pressures across Adelaide.
Ambo union blasts SA Health over ramping rule
The state’s ambulance union says SA Health is not enforcing its own policy to cut hospital ramping rates.
Leaked report exposes ‘major concerns’ over landmark cancer unit
An embattled US company awarded a lucrative taxpayer contract to create a world-leading Adelaide cancer centre had a “clinically unproven” system, a leaked official assessment warned.
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