Hospitals
‘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.
- Christine Ahern and Natalie Clancy
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Royal Children’s Hospital’s key donors hit back at claims they caused lay-offs
Donors to the Royal Children’s Hospital say they are committed to ensuring programs in the cancer centre continue to be funded.
- Broede Carmody, Brittany Busch and Ashleigh McMillan
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- Letters
Cuts to children’s cancer centre a disgrace
The changes to the RCH’s children’s cancer centre have brought censure from Age readers.
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‘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.
- Broede Carmody
In Sydney’s EDs, they took away the beds. But the patients kept coming
Thousands of doctors have returned to work, but their anger with the NSW government has not gone away. Here’s what happens next.
- Angus Thomson
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- Healthcare
Doctors like me pay a heavy price to do our jobs. Pay us what we’re worth
Doctors spend many years and thousands of dollars to become qualified. There are good reasons why they’re striking for more money.
- Anonymous
‘Win for the northern beaches’: Community celebrates as embattled hospital operator flags exit
Taxpayers should not reward Healthscope’s mismanagement of Northern Beaches Hospital with a profit, NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey said.
- Angus Thomson and Max Maddison
Surgeon partner of former premier to testify over his patient’s death
Brisbane surgeon Reza Adib, the partner of Annastacia Palaszczuk, will give evidence at an inquest into the death of a patient days after she was discharged from Wesley Hospital.
- Cloe Read
Emergency beds closed, doctors offered $2000 a day to work as strike begins
Around 370 patients had elective surgeries cancelled as more than 3500 doctors walked off the job on Tuesday.
- Angus Thomson
The Sydney hospitals to be hit hardest by three-day doctors’ strike
Surgeries have been cancelled and non-urgent patients told to avoid the state’s emergency departments as hospitals brace for unprecedented industrial action.
- Angus Thomson
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