Healthcare
This maths tutor faked psychology qualifications. When caught, she faked cancer
Spelling mistakes and critical errors in an NDIS assessment report put schoolteachers on a trail that led to Tina Hansen’s unravelling.
- by Angus Thomson
Latest
Left arm or right? Why it matters where you get your vaccine
These scientists sought to answer a simple question. They ended up stumbling upon a discovery that could pave the way for a new generation of vaccines.
- by Angus Thomson
‘A catastrophe of a disease’: Doctors sound alarm on spread of measles
Victoria is in the grip of its worst measles outbreak in a decade, as health experts brace for a rise in local transmission after the school holidays.
- by Henrietta Cook
Investigation
Medical misogyny
A woman thought she had a stalker. Authorities sent her to a psych ward
This masthead has uncovered a series of disturbing cases where women say they have been disbelieved, misdiagnosed, and wrongly admitted to mental health wards. Others have been told their pain is “all in their head”.
- by Aisha Dow and Kate Aubusson
Explainer
Healthcare
In a medical crisis, who will speak for you? Here’s how people plan ahead
It can happen in an instant. When you can’t make decisions about your own medical treatment, who steps into your shoes? And how do doctors know what you want (and don’t want)?
- by Nick Newling and Felicity Lewis
Investigation
Medical misogyny
‘Never taken seriously’: Jenny says doctors dismissed her concerns for years. Now she’s dying
More than 1800 women told us their stories of medical misogyny. Today we begin sharing those stories and building the case for change.
- by Kate Aubusson, Aisha Dow and Emily Kaine
‘Would Joe be alive?’ Family demands answers after scathing audit
The Minns government says it is committed to ending its agreement with private operator Healthscope despite rejecting two offers to take the hospital into public hands.
- by Angus Thomson and Kate Aubusson
‘Clear risks to staff and clients’: The community health buildings that are falling apart
For many of these places, foundations are failing, there are cracks in the walls or portions of the roofs could cave in at any moment.
- by Broede Carmody
‘I’m waiting for him to come home’: Private hospital under fire over 17-year-old’s sudden death
Three families whose children died at privately run emergency departments overseen by financially stricken Healthscope have spoken out about their ordeals.
- by Christine Ahern and Natalie Clancy
Exclusive
Hospitals
‘Appalling act’: Royal Children’s Hospital to slash cancer centre jobs on eve of charity appeal
The Children’s Cancer Centre will lose as many as 10 full-time equivalent roles, including dedicated mental health workers, in a move staff have described as devastating.
- by Broede Carmody
Exclusive
Coroners Court of Victoria
Baby Mia lived for only eight hours. Her parents still wonder if hospital staff could have saved her
Danielle and Stephen Iskander left Northern Hospital without their first child, who died after unreasonable delays in performing an emergency caesarean.
- by Melissa Cunningham
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