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Many Australian parents are dangerously misinformed on concussions and unaware of a key symptom, while some leave their youngster’s injury untreated. So what should you do?
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Vic’s healthcare disgrace revealed in thousands of watchdog complaints
A hospital that sent home a child who needed emergency surgery and a business claiming to cure cancer were among thousands of complaints against healthcare workers in the past financial year.
Inside the trauma team’s ‘life and death’ battle
This is the team you meet on the worst day of your life. They lift a lid on what it’s really like working at a major trauma hospital, RMH, — and the patients they never forget.
Ambos being sent to nose bleeds instead of heart attacks
Paramedics have been sent to Victorians — under lights and sirens — complaining they can’t breathe while pinching their nose or coughing after brandy, among other minor matters that are wasting their time.
Melbourne hospital workers attacked every hour
Thousands of hospital workers were abused by Melbourne patients, who bit, punched, kicked and threatened staff at a rate of more than one attack every hour.
Vic doctor upskirted woman by drilling spyhole in clipboard
A Victorian doctor working in a hospital lied about upskirting a young woman by drilling a hole through a clipboard to hide his phone despite the grubby act being caught on CCTV.
Melbourne-led drug’s breakthrough SIDS discovery
World-first dwarfism treatment could more than halve children’s sudden infant death syndrome risk, Melbourne-led study reveals.
Concerning rise in Vic dog attacks
The rate and severity of dog bites is increasing — with Victorian hospitals treating 10 people a day for injuries. Here’s what to look for in anxious dogs, to prevent bites.
Call for IVF watchdog to come clean on clinic bungles
Melbourne mum Angela Ceberano is among those calling on the regulator to name clinics where embryos were destroyed, saying: “You’re playing with people’s lives and their future family”.
Victorian hospitals slammed for failing workers on mental health
Victoria’s health department has been blasted for failing to protect healthcare workers’ mental welfare, while three hospitals have come under fire in a damning report.
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