Doctors at work
Opinion
Skin cancer
I’m a doctor who deals with the c-word daily. Yet a brief encounter on a busy day floored me
It’s been a challenging winter and I know my fellow doctors, nurses and paramedics are exhausted. A line from Spider-Man has been echoing in my mind.
- by Farrukh Tufail
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More than one million doctors go on strike in India
India’s medical workers held a countrywide strike to protest the rape and killing of a trainee doctor – but the nation’s reckoning with sexual violence against women is longstanding.
- by Sheikh Saaliq
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Healthcare
Older doctors facing mandatory health checks as complaints surge
The Medical Board of Australia has released new data showing doctors over 70 are 81 per cent more likely to be the subject of a complaint than their younger counterparts.
- by Henrietta Cook
A leg or a useless paperweight: When can a severed limb be reattached?
When a surfer’s leg washed up on a NSW beach after he was mauled by a three-metre shark, the speculation began. Would surgeons reattach it?
- by Kate Aubusson
‘Flawed’ surgeon to practise again after judge overrules Medical Council
A judge found Dr William Mooney “is not a perfect individual, far from it” but dismissed an appeal from health authorities to stop him from resuming practice.
- by Kate McClymont
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Healthcare
Victoria’s primary care clinics face funding cuts in budget crisis
Priority primary care clinics, promised in 2022 as Daniel Andrews’ solution to the health crisis, are facing cutbacks as the Victorian budget grapples with debt.
- by Rachel Eddie and Kieran Rooney
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Medicine
Surgeon suspended for using patient ‘as a prop’ now operating under a new name
Colorectal surgeon Gary McKay legally changed his name to Barry McCabe this year, but a record of previous findings against him did not appear until the Herald inquired.
- by Michael Koziol
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Healthcare
Elective surgery waiting lists to balloon as health budget cuts bite
With the Victorian government demanding savings from hospitals, some doctors have been told their contracts won’t be renewed.
- by Jewel Topsfield, Henrietta Cook and Benjamin Preiss
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Health
First, doctors won $230 million in back pay. Now, these changes are worth millions more
NSW Health will pay junior doctors an extra $100 million over the next four years after settling a three-year Supreme Court battle with their union.
- by Angus Thomson
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Health
‘Run off your feet’: Why medical students such as Jordon are turning away from general practice
Doctors are worried there will not be enough GPs to staff dozens of new urgent care clinics amid declining interest in a career in general practice.
- by Angus Thomson
‘Sleeping is not part of your job description’: Doctors warned against naps
Manning Base Hospital administration will apologise to junior doctors after removing a mattress from their break room.
- by Amber Schultz
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