St Vincent's Hospital
Cancer or harmless? Doctors grapple with a rise in ‘incidentalomas’
They are the small, dark spots on medical scans that no one was looking for. They could be harmless or life-threatening, and they are on the rise.
- by Henrietta Cook
Latest
Hospital probes leaked photo of shark attack survivor’s leg
St Vincent’s Hospital has launched an investigation into a leaked, sensitive photo of Lauren O’Neill’s injured leg that was taken inside the emergency department.
- by Clare Sibthorpe
Questions deepen over St Vincent’s, Victorian courts hacks
Australian executives are being urged to be more transparent about data breaches happening under their watch, amid growing unrest over the recent spate of cyberattacks.
- by David Swan
Analysis
Cybersecurity
Low cost, high reward: The hackers holding Australia to ransom
Cyber attacks on companies are common enough, but will only become more so – and AI will drive an increase in their quantity and quality.
- by David Swan and Colin Kruger
Cyberthreats top CEO list of concerns for 2024
Corporate bosses say cybersecurity is their biggest worry over the next few years, in a major survey of Australian business leaders.
- by Colin Kruger
Home Affairs flags probe of St Vincent’s cybersecurity after Christmas hack
Patients of St Vincent’s are no closer to understanding whether their sensitive personal or health records are among the stolen information.
- by Rachael Dexter and Angus Thomson
Exclusive
Cybersecurity
St Vincent’s Health falls victim to cyberattack
The hospital and aged care provider says it is urgently investigating what data has been stolen.
- by David Swan
Exclusive
Coronavirus pandemic
‘Sobering, staggering numbers’: Half a million Australians to get long COVID in coming months
Australia is facing a surge in long COVID cases, say doctors at St Vincent’s Hospital, who warned that the burden of the protracted disease would be borne chiefly by women and the critical healthcare and education sectors where they comprise the bulk of employees.
- by Kate Aubusson
Exclusive
Skills shortage
Hospitals’ reality TV jobs drive thwarted by visa delays
Welsh nurse Ariana Evans applied to work at St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney after seeing the advertising campaign linked to Nurses Down Under, but many others were turned off by lengthy delays for visas.
- by Angus Thompson
Exclusive
Title Deeds
St Vincent’s Hospital hopes for healthy return from deceased estate
The operator of St Vincent’s Hospital is hoping to cash in on the tail end of the Sydney housing boom by listing a row of five Victorian terraces in Darlinghurst.
- by Lucy Macken
‘I want to give you a kidney’: The gay Socceroo whose text message saved a life
Steve Laybutt had to live a lot of life before he could save one.
- by Andrew Webster
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