Paramedics have launched industrial action amid a desperate call to the NSW government to improve staffing levels, while nurses are considering walking off the job for the second time this year. NSW paramedics launched the 24-hour industrial work bans on Monday, ...
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St Vincent’s hospital CEO felt ‘uncomfortable’ as a gay patient
St Vincent’s Hospital chief executive Anthony Schembri has shared his eye-opening experience of feeling out of place in the healthcare system. Earlier this year, Schembri was diagnosed with a “rare and random life-changing illness” and recently returned to work after spending ...
More »Teenager given ‘shut-up pill’ before death
A teenage girl was given Panadol by a remote north-west Queensland hospital and sent home on multiple occasions before succumbing to a serious heart condition that went untreated, Four Corners has revealed. Yvette “Betty” Booth was just 18 when she died from ...
More »Fourth Japanese encephalitis case detected in NSW
NSW has recorded its fourth case of Japanese encephalitis as the disease spreads across the state. The mosquito-borne virus had never been detected in the state before this year. The latest person to be infected was a woman in her ...
More »Vulnerable Australians first in line for new COVID-19 pill
Aged care residents, people who are unvaccinated and other at-risk communities will be among the first in the country to receive a newly approved at-home COVID-19 treatment. Antiviral pill Lageviro, also known as molnupiravir, was recently listed on the Pharmaceutical ...
More »Call to give mental health nurses bigger role in dealing with mental health crisis
The Australian College of Mental Health Nurses (ACMHN) has urged the Federal Government to consider greater access to MBS items for Credentialed Mental Health Nurses (CMHNs) as a means of dealing with high demand for mental health services. This comes ...
More »World’s nurses urge end to Ukraine conflict
The world’s largest nursing federation has expressed solidarity with the nurses and health workers trapped in Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The International College of Nurses (ICN) released a statement urging for an end to the conflict, which as of ...
More »Warning over dangerous mosquito virus
Residents in NSW, Victoria and Queensland are being warned to protect themselves from mosquito bites after the detection of a virus that can turn into a potentially life-threatening condition. Traces of the mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus were found in ...
More »Suspended doctor’s bizarre act
A Melbourne doctor who continued to practise after being suspended and then hid from authorities by locking himself in a bathroom, has been convicted and ordered to do 300 hours of community work. Nicholas Sevdalis was handed a two-year community ...
More »Health Minister ‘disappointed’ as thousands of NSW nurses and midwives walk off the job
Hospitals will be stretched thin on Tuesday as thousands of nurses are set to walk off the job for 24 hours despite being banned from taking industrial action. Crisis talks between health authorities and nursing industry representatives failed to reach a ...
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