Widow of respected doctor blames his fatal MI on ‘unrealistic’ work pressures: tribunal
The wife of a leading doctor who suffered a fatal MI has lost her bid for compensation after she claimed his death was the result…
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Does being left-handed make suturing harder to pick up?
Being a leftie has been seen as a drawback during surgical training, but a new study shows they are just as capable of mastering surgical…
125 GPs and one anaesthetist working in Australia via IMG fast track, AHPRA says
One anaesthetist, one psychiatrist and 125 GPs have started working in Australia via the IMG fast track, according to AHPRA and the Medical Board of…
‘Where I work, just me and two nurses keep the patient alive’: GP podcaster on medical education’s city bias
“I was in the operating room and the surgical doctor popped his head over the drape and said, ‘I thought I recognised your voice —…
Fears GP workforce will hit the rocks if climbing ban goes ahead
Dr Felix Ritson was 15 when he first scaled Mount Arapiles, a staggering rock formation that rises 140 metres above the Wimmera plains in Victoria. That moment…
Blood of man who subjected himself to 200 snakebites used for antivenom
Scientists have used the blood of a truck mechanic to create a potential antivenom against some of the world’s most dangerous snakes. Beginning in 2000,…
‘They can be scared or dead’: GP’s warning to accused mushroom poisoner
Two GPs who treated accused mushroom poisoner Erin Patterson after she dished up a fatal lunch of beef Wellington have given evidence in her murder…
80-year-old GP called CPD pointless and psychologist ‘a skank’: tribunal
A GP who said CPD was pointless and that he did not need to update his medical knowledge — despite graduating in 1969 — has…
Reductions in alcohol-related liver harm stopped when COVID-19 hit, study suggests
A trend of declining hospital admissions for alcohol-related liver disease during the 2010s abruptly stopped when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Australian researchers say. The researchers…
‘We leave no-one behind’: A GP’s story of the Black Summer bushfires and the years of recovery that followed
It was 30 December 2019, and GP Dr Sara Renwick-Lau was preparing for her first summer holiday in years. Tourists had been streaming into the…
