Tarzia’s abortion debate warning after crushing Black loss
Opposition Leader Vincent Tarzia has sent a stern warning to any Liberal MP thinking of putting late-term abortion back on the parliamentary agenda.
SA Health
Coverage of the South Australian health system, including hospital overcrowding, ambulance ramping and mental health treatment.
Ramping figures dip, yet still higher than when Labor elected
Ramping numbers continued to fall for the third month running, but the opposition has claimed it’s still “the worst ramping in state history.”
Revealed: Secret plan to revive Western Hospital
A glossy sales pitch to sell the embattled Western Hospital would see its loss-making ICU turned into a lucrative high dependence unit, as well as another big switch.
Whooping hell SA: Triple whammy surge of diseases hits the state
A barrage of infectious diseases is sweeping through South Australia with health officials imploring the sick to stay home.
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‘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.
Massive elective surgery ban lifts as EDs continue to struggle
The “pause” on most elective surgery has been lifted despite relentless pressure continuing to mount on hospital emergency departments.
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