Healthcare
Epidemiologist who led Australia through COVID dies aged 70
Professor Mary-Louise McLaws, who was diagnosed with a serious disease as she led Australia through the pandemic, died on Saturday.
- by Malcolm Brown and Tim Barlass
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‘Hasn’t sunk in yet’: Melbourne doctor wins landmark wage theft case
The Federal Court’s ruling against Peninsula Health could set a precedent for junior doctors from hospitals across the country being awarded hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation.
- by Melissa Cunningham and Alex Crowe
The speech doctors and nurses were barred from hearing
A senior doctor has made serious allegations of waitlist manipulation and a culture of fear at one of Sydney’s most prestigious hospitals.
- by Angus Thomson
Young doctors are avoiding general practice, but one group is bucking the trend
As Australia faces a GP drought, the number of medical graduates wanting to go into general practice has fallen to its lowest level in more than a decade.
- by Angus Thomson
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Healthcare
Patients shun GPs and bear the pain in cost-of-living crunch
There have been 2 million fewer standard GP consultations in Victoria this year compared with before the pandemic. Doctors are concerned about what this means for patients’ health.
- by Henrietta Cook
‘Crumbling system’: More sick Victorians endure 24-hour waits in emergency
The latest health performance data shows a rise in the number of people languishing in emergency departments as they wait for a bed.
- by Henrietta Cook
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Healthcare
Mother sues hospital over traumatic birth she claims caused son’s brain damage
Lisa Otsen took her son to hospital thinking he might have had digestive issues. She received a shock diagnosis that upturned her family’s life.
- by Henrietta Cook
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Drugs
Drugs linked to one in three cardiac arrest deaths among younger people
Experts say evidence is growing drugs such as cocaine and ice can cause heart damage and are calling for information campaigns to prevent addiction.
- by Aisha Dow
Analysis
Healthcare
We’re in a back pain epidemic – and most treatments don’t work
Back pain robs more Australians of their healthy enjoyment of life than anything else, yet we seem to be doing it to ourselves.
- by Liam Mannix
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Healthcare
Nicole called an ambulance for help. She ended up shackled to a bed
Nicole Lee says being restrained to a hospital bed for six hours as an incomplete quadriplegic is evidence the practice is over-used.
- by Charlotte Grieve
Analysis
Healthcare
A record number of patients wait in our EDs. Can NSW’s hospital crisis be solved?
The pandemic put pressure on NSW hospitals like never before. But as the emergency phase ends, we examine what can be done to get us to a better ‘new normal’.
- by Laura Banks and Angus Thomson