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Sydney’s EDs face record demand. Here’s where patients wait the longest

Staff at Sydney’s busiest hospital say a lack of space is leaving some patients stuck in emergency for days, four years after a $900 million spend on more beds.

  • Angus Thomson

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Westmead Hospital has a backlog of up to 3000 unreported MRI and other imaging scans.

Backlog of thousands of MRI scans threatens missed diagnoses

Up to 3000 MRI scans at Westmead Hospital are waiting up to two months to be processed, putting patients at risk of diagnosis and treatment delays.

  • Kate Aubusson
Chair of the ACCC, Gina Cass Gottlieb

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Clare and Anthony Burrows with their daughter Kate, 9, who received a life-saving liver transplant as a toddler.

More Australians die while waiting for an organ donor

More than 50 Australians died while waiting for an organ transplant last year – and the number of registered donors is declining.

  • Mary Ward
A 22-year-old man was stabbed in Acacia Ridge overnight.

Man dies in hospital after Sydney stabbing

Police responded to reports of an assault minutes before the man showed up at hospital with stab wounds to his stomach on Saturday afternoon.

  • Megan Gorrey
A man has allegedly stabbed staff at Westmead hospital.

Two Westmead security guards stabbed amid spike in hospital assaults

Police were called to Westmead Hospital about 11.30pm last night following reports that a 39-year-old man allegedly stabbed two security guards.

  • Nigel Gladstone
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Robert Steven Turner will appear in Parramatta Local Court on Tuesday on stalking and intimidation charges.

The man who shut down a Sydney emergency department

Robert Steven Turner has faced court after allegedly sending death threats to nurses, leading to his dramatic arrest at Westmead Hospital.

  • Angus Thomson
Mieka Pokarier died on her way to see Taylor Swift.

Teenage Swiftie who died in crash remembered as ‘vivacious and very cheeky’

The godmother of a teen who died in a road accident while travelling to Melbourne to see Taylor Swift in concert has remembered her as a beautiful person.

  • Ashleigh McMillan and Alex Crowe
Professor Miles Little.

Foundation surgeon at Westmead Hospital brought global recognition

Professor Miles Little was a visionary who changed the landscape of medicine and medical ethics through the force of his ideas.

  • Ian Kerridge and Wendy Lipworth
Critical care paramedic David Kidd looks out over Sydney Harbour.

Cattle crushes and raging bulls: Inside the NSW air ambulance service

For the first time, the Herald has been allowed into the inner sanctum of one of the state’s most specialised medical services, the Toll ambulance rescue helicopter.

  • Kate Geraghty and Angus Thomson

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