Billed as a state-of-the-art facility, Northern Beaches Hospital had so few ultrasound machines in operating theatres, anaesthetists began hiding them to ensure they had access,…
The day Dr Rudi Prasad froze on the job remains etched in his memory. “This elderly woman came in with asthma and bronchospasm. She was…
One of Australia’s biggest private health insurers is rejecting claims that its plan to build a network of 130 medical centres risks undermining patient care.…
Maintenance patients — that is what a report on NSW Health calls elderly people who languish on wards without actually needing acute care. “On any…
The wife of a leading doctor who suffered a fatal MI has lost her bid for compensation after she claimed his death was the result…
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…
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 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,…
“We believe it is best for the patients, staff and the Northern Beaches community that [the hospital] is returned to NSW Health if that is the government’s…
A surgeon says he was joking when he was filmed tearing down an election sign of MP Dr Monique Ryan and then stomping on it, telling viewers…
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