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Sarah Booth is a health reporter at the Herald Sun. She previously worked in the masthead’s digital team and on the breaking news round.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos SEPTEMBER 6, 2022. Ambulance and Paramedics are seen at Melbourne's Royal Melbourne Hospital., Picture: NCA NewsWire / Luis Enrique Ascui

Melbourne patient spends 14 hours waiting on ambo stretcher

A patient at a hospital in the city’s outer east has been forced to lie on a stretcher for 14 hours, as the ambulance union warns delays will get worse through winter.

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VictoriaÃs Chief Health Officer Professor Brett Sutton gives a media conference regarding his resignation. Picture: Jake Nowakowski

Exiting CHO Sutton reveals regrets on Covid response

Brett Sutton has expressed he has regrets about the handling of the Covid pandemic, as he prepares to leave his role as chief health officer, admitting he would “absolutely” do things differently now.

Victoria

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Deadly doughnuts: The cancer risk hidden in babies’ blood

Blood tests of Aussie babies who later developed childhood leukaemia have exposed a sticky, doughnut-shaped molecule that can drive cancer “from within us”.

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Researcher Jonathan Glenning from the Murdoch Childrens Research Centre takes the blood pressure of 12 year-old Christ Church Grammar School student Louis. Picture: Andrew Henshaw

Should kids get check-ups at school?

Children around the world are screened in school for this silent but dangerous health issue. Now a new trial could bring this testing to Aussie classrooms.

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Angus Dennis-Hewett, 17, is supported by two artificial hearts on Koala ward at the Royal Children's Hospital, he will be leaving the hospital for the first time in 2 years to see his beloved footy team Geelong play against the Western Bulldogs at Marvel Stadium. Picture: Ian Currie

Medical Marvel: How a teen Geelong fan’s dream came true

For months Angus Dennis-Hewett’s two artificial hearts – powered by a battery – have constrained him to hospital. That changed on Saturday night. This is how a Berlin heart made it to Marvel.

Victoria

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Crackdown to end ‘tick and flick’ online prescriptions

New telehealth guidelines are set to restrict how patients can get access to medication online. Here’s what will change.

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Alleged sex pest doctor Atheer Hmood outside Seymour Court.

‘Risk to public’: Doc groped women in medical exam

A former Geelong and Kilmore doctor who “took advantage” of several women for “a hidden sexual purpose” should face an extensive ban, a tribunal has heard.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos, MAY 28, 2023. Police remove the crashed car at the Bochara fatal crash scene where four people were killed in a car accident. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Crosling

‘What speed are we doing?’: Video emerges from before crash

Chilling footage has emerged from inside the car involved in the horrific crash that killed three teenagers and a woman near Hamilton.

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Hospital’s fight for machine that saved baby’s life

Vital technology helped save Caleb Grech, against all odds. But this Melbourne hospital needs more ‘lifesaving’ equipment to help premmie babies.

Victoria

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Warning after fake diabetes drug scam exposed

Fake versions of a diabetes drug — touted on social media as a miracle weight loss hack — have been exposed in lab tests, prompting an urgent warning.

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