‘She was not compatible with life’: Meet the specialists who saved the Coogee Beach shark attack victim
It was pure luck that Associate Professor Ian Ferguson was on Coogee Beach when shark attack victim Leah Stewart was pulled from the water on…
Heather Saxena
Heather is a medical reporter for Australian Doctor Group.
‘You need to be bashed!’: The story of a doctor driven from his home by homophobic attacks
Dr Ka Chun Tse and his husband David Tse were preparing an early Christmas dinner for family when the attack began. About 10 strangers had…
Medical Must-See: Rare case of primary omental torsion
Surgeons are reporting a twist in the case of a man diagnosed with appendicitis, after surgery revealed the real culprit was primary omental torsion. The…
Hospital doing ‘delicate’ procedures loses noise complaint case against gym
Doctors performing delicate spinal procedures may still hear and feel the dulled thuds of dropped weights in the background after their private hospital lost a…
Why I keep stuffed animals in my consultation room — they’re not just for children
My daughter has a stuffed monkey named HaHaHa. He has been an important part of our family since she was about a year old. Before…
Medical Must-See: Snake snack opens can of (tape)worms
A routine laparoscopic hernia repair proved anything but when surgeons discovered a decades-old tapeworm, measuring 26cm, lodged in their patient’s peritoneal cavity. The 71-year-old South…
Medical board chair issues warning to telehealth doctors prescribing unapproved drugs
The Medical Board of Australia chair says she is worried that poor prescribing of unregistered medicines such as peptides or medicinal cannabis could undermine patients’…
Passing the $250,000 pressure test: Nurse Vinnie Gibaldi on winning MasterChef
Nurse Vinnie Gibaldi is the 2026 MasterChef winner, and he credits his nursing experience with helping him to keep his cool during the stressful grand…
Dr Duncan Graham: Meet the doctor turned barrister who represents medical negligence plaintiffs
As barrister Dr Duncan Graham puts it, he has joined the “forces of darkness”. Once a doctor, he is now a lawyer representing patients in…
‘Everyone acknowledges we’ve shown the proof of concept’: The fight for a population-based DNA screening program
Associate Professor Jane Tiller.Around one in 50 patients might unwittingly have a genetic time bomb — a gene variant that places them at substantially increased…
