Hospital should be a last resort for elderly patients, not the default destination
The recent AusDoc article on elderly patients languishing in hospital beds without needing acute care inspired me to think about the changing roles of hospital…
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‘Is continuing here safe?’: Young doctor’s shock at finding squatters in his family home
“Hi, my name is Sanjay Kuikel, and I’m a junior doctor working in regional Victoria, Australia. I’ve dedicated my career to caring for others —…
‘We call it trauma bonding’: Overwhelmed doctors lift the lid on life at Northern Beaches Hospital
Doctors working at one of Australia’s privately run public hospitals have spoken of dozens of near misses and adverse events, suggesting its management has been…
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…
Drains in hospitals and homes ‘hotspots’ for MRSA
Microbiologists have found that 27% of home plumbing fixtures and 15% of hospital fixtures contain culturable pathogens such as Staphylococcus aureus, of which half are…
Doctors washing work clothes in domestic washing machines are an infection risk, study warns
Doctors and nurses who wash their work clothes in their home washing machines may be contributing to hospital-acquired infections and the rise of microbial-resistant bacteria,…
Junior doctors reach $175 million agreement over unpaid overtime after four-year legal battle
Current and former junior doctors in Victoria have reached a $175 million in-principle agreement with the State Government over unpaid overtime — four years after…
Hospitals roll out software that tracks vital signs and ward notes to predict when patients will be discharged
Hospitals are rolling out doctor-made AI software that uses vital signs, ward notes and lab results to rank from 0-100 the likeliness that patients are…
Lucy Letby case: Relying on expert doctors in criminal medical cases can lead to injustice
The Lucy Letby case is the latest in a number of UK criminal medical cases that, beyond the rights and wrongs of each verdict, raises…
My fit and active patient woke up to find an NFR on her hospital record: The scourge of ageism
My patient presented to a private hospital, haemorrhaging, and was assessed as too unstable to be managed there. She was transferred to the ED of…
