Family’s fury after WCH sent toddler home with deadly sepsis
The WCH has apologised and pledged to make changes after a little boy suffering from a range of dangerous conditions – including sepsis – was misdiagnosed with asthma then sent home.
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‘I can’t do it’: Phone call no parent ever wants to get
“I’ve tried, we’ve all tried,” he told his mother. The phone call sparked a race against time to save his life – and revealed a huge gaping hole in SA’s health care.
WCH hit by ‘serious concerns’ for third time in three months
Physicians have added to the besieged WCH’s accreditation woes by demanding improvements for trainees to work there.
Flinders fail: Another hospital joins SA Health’s accreditation woes
SA Health has another major hospital with accreditation problems as a Flinders Medical Centre unit joins two at the Women’s and Children’s in the “must do better” rankings.
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Big catch in finding new home for cops’ dogs and horses
The police have been given $2.4m to find a new home for their horses and dogs – but it’s not as easy as it sounds.
Cost of electing Labor keeps rising – but who’s to blame?
A $3bn hospital. A $15bn road project. The cost of SA’s huge projects just keeps soaring, Paul Starick writes, but is it Labor’s fault?
World-class new WCH set to raze historic parklands site
Adelaide’s new Women’s and Children’s Hospital will have 394 patient beds – so where will they go? See the plans and watch the flyover video.
The ultimate Adelaide fight: Politics vs the parklands
The Premier will tackle head-on Adelaide’s powerful heritage and parklands lobbies over his new WCH site, writes Paul Starick. But will most South Aussies back him?
New Women’s and Children’s Hospital back in limbo
Forget the ‘new’ in the new Women’s and Children’s Hospital – the government has dumped existing plans, and it doesn’t have a solution.
Touching story behind Adelaide schoolgirl’s 21 celebrity selfies
An Adelaide schoolgirl is on a mission to get 21 celebrity selfies – but the reason why she is doing it, is incredibly touching.
Developers eyeing prime site in North Adelaide
The old Women’s and Children’s hospital site – a premier piece of North Adelaide land overlooking the parklands – is under the microscope as developers have their say.
‘Too small’: WCH may change site after secret cost blowout
The new Women’s and Children’s Hospital was to be built beside the RAH – but a vow for 50 new beds and a secret $100m cost blowout may change that.
Extra 50 beds, 48 doctors for new WCH, under Labor
More beds and doctors will be included in an expanded new Women’s and Children’s Hospital if Labor wins the March state election.
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