Doctors angry at possible AHPRA referrals over girl’s death
WA AMA President Dr Andrew Miller has expressed 'dismay and disgust' at referrals of junior staff at Perth Children's Hospital to the watchdog.
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Medical care slammed in damning report into girl’s death
ED staff failed to escalate Aishwarya Aswath's care to senior doctors despite her parents' warnings she was rapidly deteriorating, a WA government …
Doctors call for health minister to resign over girl’s death
Seven-year-old Aishwarya Aswath died in a Perth ED following months of concerns about understaffing, treatment delays and record ambulance rampi…
GP fined $30,000 after death of Aboriginal patient in police custody
He released her back into police custody after failing to organise tests that could have picked up the sepsis that ultimately killed her, WA tribun…
AMA WA sues state health department for failing to recognise GPs as specialists
It claims GPs are being paid under the wrong classification in their industrial agreement.
Top doctor pans hotel quarantine after WA’s snap lockdown
AMA WA president Dr Andrew Miller says federal experts are being 'grossly negligent' and urgent change is needed.
Women charged after allegedly asking doctor to perform FGM
WA Police say the doctor refused to carry out female circumcision on the baby girl.
GP exam candidates likely to be freed from Perth lockdown
The RACGP expects exemption notices to be issued so the 69 candidates can sit the KFP exam on Friday.
GP registrars struggling as they endure agonising countdown on KFP exam lockdown
Exam candidates like Dr Devaki Wallooppillai say their preparation has been severely affected due to stress and lack of sleep.
Why Perth’s five day ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdown isn’t an overreaction
Perth and the Peel and Southwest regions of WA went into a five-day hard lockdown at 6pm local time on Sunday, after one new local COVID-19…
