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Hospital rescue plan to deliver thousands more beds across Queensland
The $18.53 billion plan also includes revised masterplans and timelines for the delivery of new hospitals and major infrastructure upgrades.
- by Courtney Kruk
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‘I can’t watch women die any more’: The remarkable tactics being used to eliminate a killer
Meet the Australian medicos taking the fight to an entirely preventable cancer killing young women, leaving children motherless and causing intergenerational damage.
- by Kate Aubusson and Kate Geraghty
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Cost-cutting, safety fears for prestigious Sydney private hospital
Dozens of doctors at one of Sydney’s most well-known private hospitals have shared concerns about its potential sale to another group of private equity investors.
- by Angus Thomson
Hospital exhausted blood supply in attempt to save wellness influencer after freebirth
Shortly after her catastrophic freebirth, paramedics found an agitated Stacey Warnecke lying on the floor next to her birthing pool in a small, dark room, a court has heard.
- by Henrietta Cook
Bed block, wait times, bottlenecks: Sydney’s best and worst hospitals revealed
Patients spent longer in NSW emergency departments than at any point since 2010. See how your hospital stacks up.
- by Angus Thomson
Health Minister still reviewing report on child gender services, as more than 400 sign petition
A review into Queensland’s gender services for young people was finalised a week ago, but the health minister said he is yet to finish reading it.
- by Courtney Kruk
We have a healthcare system where confusion reigns and the patient suffers
The healthcare system is badly broken, and it is consumers who end up paying, says Dr Margaret Faux in this edited extract from her book How to Avoid the Medical Bill Rip Off!
- by Margaret Faux
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Doctors urge parents to stop buying illegal e-bikes as children’s injuries double
Children across Sydney will be unwrapping new e-bikes this Christmas. Trauma specialists at the city’s hospitals are concerned.
- by Jessica McSweeney and Mostafa Rachwani
This simple urine test could change the lives of thousands of women like Marnie
The diagnosis time for endometriosis, one of the most common diseases among women, could be cut from years to weeks with a revolutionary new test.
- by Wendy Tuohy
Hospitals singled out in sweeping state spending review
According to a new review, Victoria spends more on health per capita than NSW, despite having a smaller population.
- by Henrietta Cook and Broede Carmody
Mosquito season has come early. Health authorities are worried about two viruses
There is no cure for mosquito-borne viruses. This is the best way to protect yourself.
- by Kate Aubusson
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