CV risk lingers up to three years for patients who had COVID-19 before vaccine rollout, doctors say
Patients who had COVID-19 prior to the rollout of vaccines have an increased risk of major adverse cardiovascular events for up to three years after…
Tag: Hospitals
My most memorable day as a doctor? ‘G’day, Liz, I’ve come for my tits and fanny check’
As part of our 40th anniversary, we asked readers to describe their most memorable day in medicine over the past 40 years. Here, you can…
On-call vs rostered night shifts — what’s better for sleep and cognition?
Night shifts are an inescapable fact of life for trainee doctors, but now a study reveals that a set overnight roster results in better quality…
The $230 million junior doctor payout — how it will work and why it could take over a year
Around 15,000 junior doctors who will share in a $230 million class action settlement have recorded another win. Despite the four years of legal wrangling…
How this doctor quit medicine to make $140,000 a year playing online games
When Dr Michael Pomroy first ventured into the world of an online game called Space Engineers he was attempting to de-stress from his shifts in…
Doctors taking ‘momentous’ industrial action over pay
Hundreds of doctors in the ACT have begun industrial action over wages they say are the second lowest in the country for medics. From Monday…
Doctors witnessing ‘seismic shift’ in attitudes of hospital bosses after legal victories on overtime
Managers are finally cleaning up their act on junior doctor rostering and staffing after another class action settlement, says a lawyer who has worked on…
‘Mental health emergency work is not pretty — it’s a hybrid of Dante’s Inferno, Narcos and The Golden Girls’
Psychiatrist and TV presenter Dr Mark Cross knows the mental health system from both sides, as a clinician and a patient. In his book Mental…
‘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…
Could dedicated geriatric hospitals relieve the pressure on the hospital system?
Australia is facing a surge in hospital presentations in older adults. Between 2015–16 and 2019-20, hospitalisations among people aged 75-84 increased by an average of…
