New MP’s jibe at GP over hospital fight: ‘You can see why he lost his job’
A GP says he is not seeking an apology from One Nation’s David Farley despite their public clash over a $558 million hospital redevelopment the…
Carmel Sparke
Carmel is news editor of 6minutes.
Over 100 specialists appeal for help in long-running battle with hospital bosses
More than 100 specialists at an embattled tertiary hospital say they are caring for patients amid a culture of fear and intimidation. Townsville University Hospital…
‘You’re a polished politician and I’m a bloody clinician’: Doctors in flare-up with hospital boss
Senior doctors have stormed out of a meeting with a hospital boss after being called “deaf” as debate heated up over a third review of…
Nurse sanctioned after stealing dead patient’s debit card and buying $1000 worth of cigarettes
A palliative care nurse has been suspended for six months after stealing a debit card from a dead patient and using it to buy cigarettes. …
‘There’s no normal skin, none at all’: Medicine gets hard when things go bad in remote Australia
Fresh from the medical front line in Angola, Mozambique and South Sudan, Dr Damien Brown assumed he could handle anything remote medicine in Australia could…
Rethink on asymptomatic carotid stenosis as new stroke-prevention surgery arrives in Australia
A decade after first identifying its potential, vascular surgeon Dr Bernie Bourke has imported a technique for carotid revascularisation — at a time when the…
Not just junior doctors: Aussie study tracks fatigue and sleep loss among consultants on call
Caring for junior doctors — burnt out and fatigued by gruelling shift patterns — has long been a hot topic in medicine. But what about…
Sneeze stifling leads to CSF leak: case study
A woman’s habit of stifling sneezes, especially in public, may have caused a spontaneous CSF leak, doctors report. The 45-year-old presented to an ENT clinic…
Why is 60-day prescribing by GPs falling short of expectations two years on?
Low uptake by GPs, pushback by pharmacists and software snafus are behind the slow uptake of 60-day dispensing, a new report suggests. The promise of…
Doctor who accidentally removed patient’s liver instead of spleen charged with manslaughter
A doctor in the US has been charged with second-degree manslaughter after accidentally removing a patient’s liver instead of his spleen, resulting in catastrophic blood…
