Top doctor says AHPRA complaint was a ‘politically motivated’ attempt to silence him
A leading doctor has revealed he was referred to AHPRA after speaking up about two patient cases in 2016 while advocating for hospital doctors. Dr David…
Tag: Emergency medicine
Paramedic said wet ground and bird droppings behind his decision not to resuscitate dying patient
A paramedic refused to treat a patient with bradycardia after wrongly declaring she was in asystole and already dead, a tribunal has heard. While it…
Laser hair removal leaves patient with second-degree burns to perineal area: case report
Doctors have shined a spotlight on the potential dangers of laser hair removal after the procedure left a young woman with second-degree burns and scarring…
‘I was struck with the terror’: The frontline Aussie doctor treating victims of the Hamas attacks
Australian ED specialist Dr Debra Gershov West was starting her on-call shift at her hospital near Gaza, when the first phone calls began on 7 October. There…
Aussie doctor says colleagues in Gaza have ‘no safe place to go’
Hundreds of doctors are trapped in Gaza and have abandoned their homes and Médecins Sans Frontières offices, an Australian ED specialist says. Dr Natalie Thurtle,…
The new $191 level E consult is ‘no quick fix’ for complex care, says top GP
The RACGP and AMA finally won their battle for a level E consultation item on Medicare this year after many years of fighting. Alongside higher…
‘The wounded started stumbling towards us’: Surgeon inside theatre when blast shook Gaza hospital
Doctors have described the chaotic horror that unfolded moments after a huge blast tore through the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza killing hundreds of people.…
GPs excluded as govt signs $7 million deal for nurse-led urgent care clinics
A Medicare urgent care centre contract worth $7.1 million has gone to five nurse-led walk-in clinics with no plans to recruit any GPs. The ACT…
Mark Butler confident all 58 urgent care clinics will be open this year
The Minister for Health and Aged Care has mounted a spirited defence against claims the GP urgent care clinic rollout is behind schedule, saying the…
Rescue surfer from shark attack, head home, hang out washing, start hospital shift: Dr Kurt Durbridge on his unusual day
“I feel like I’ve been involved with probably the most significant experience of my life. I couldn’t imagine if we had had to hold his…
