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Composite artwork for Angus Thomson story on interventional radiology at Westmead Hospital. Text is an excerpt of a letter from Eastwood GP Fiona Dennison to Health Minister Ryan Park. 

High radiation, broken machines: Crucial Sydney hospital service facing collapse

Doctors and patients have urged the NSW health minister to intervene in the latest mass resignation to hit the state’s public health system.

  • Angus Thomson

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Sydney hospital boss departs after cancer diagnosis delays revealed

The shock announcement came just hours before doctors were due to move a vote of no confidence in his handling of a backlog of patients waiting for diagnostic procedures.

  • Angus Thomson and Kate Aubusson
Two cases of delayed cancer diagnosis reported to Westmead Hospital management.

‘Not manageable’: Patients waiting up to a year for cancer diagnoses at Sydney hospital

A woman diagnosed with stage 4 colorectal cancer after 363 days is among dozens of cases which have led doctors at one of Sydney’s biggest hospitals to sound the alarm.

  • Angus Thomson
Composite image for Westmead Hospital story.

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
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
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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
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

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