Anaesthetists and surgeons accused of fraud by charging patients hidden out-of-pocket fees
A group of non-GP specialists has been accused of charging private patients up to $5000 in booking and administrative fees while signing up to no-gap…
Tag: Anaesthesia
FIFO specialists say hospital bosses want them to live in accommodation ‘riddled with cockroaches’
Fly-in fly-out specialists say Dubbo Hospital bosses want to force them to stay in accommodation “riddled with ants and cockroaches”. Until now, VMOs have been…
‘Health ministers have been fed something toxic’: Medical board to begin fast-tracking overseas doctors from next week
News that Australia had opened a new fast-track super-highway to import foreign specialists to fix its beleaguered health system resulted in a big exclusive for…
Anaesthetist college urges AHPRA to suspend its plan to fast-track specialist IMGs into the country
Another medical college is warning of the menace to patient safety resulting from AHPRA’s plan to start fast-tracking hundreds of overseas trained doctors “without rigorous…
‘Input error’ after doctor’s handwritten script change may have led to patient’s death: coroner
This story has been corrected. See footnote below. A coroner has blamed an “input error” involving handwritten medication charts for the death of a patient…
Doctor says govt telling ‘porky pies’ over IV fluid shortage despite improving supply
An “embarrassing” shortage of IV fluids appears to be resolving, but at least one doctor is blaming bureaucratic bungling rather than international supply issues. State…
Treat pelvic pain even without an endometriosis diagnosis: anaesthetists
An endometriosis diagnosis should not be necessary for doctors to start treating persistent pelvic pain, according to the peak body for anaesthetists. Last week, the…
Why I apologised when a patient paid only half my fee
The growing gap between doctors’ fees and Medicare rebates is constant fodder for news outlets these days. It is getting too expensive to have babies…
Kidney transplant performed on awake patient using epidural in ‘medical first’
Doctors have achieved what they say is a medical first, by performing a kidney transplant on a patient who was awake during the procedure. Surgeons…
Watch for retained gastric contents with periprocedural GLP-1 RA use: new guidance
Patients taking GLP-1 receptor agonists within four weeks of anaesthesia for non-endoscopic procedures should be considered non-fasted, according to new guidance. Doctors are also advised…
