Healthcare
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Without radical reform, the prognosis for our health system is grim
Healthcare workers are leaving the sector in droves, not because they want to, but because they are being asked to work beyond their capacity.
- by Dr Neela Janakiramanan
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Healthcare
Time to fix our health system that’s as broken as my leg
A broken leg took Helen Pitt to the emergency room who returned with a diagnosis: our healthcare system is sick.
- by Helen Pitt
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Healthcare
‘Hopelessly overwhelmed:’ Sydney hospitals treat patients in corridors, ambulance trolleys
One senior doctor said bed block - when hospitals are clogged with patients they do not have the beds to admit - was the “worst it has been” in decades.
- by Lucy Carroll
‘Massive health gaps’: the Sydney electorates where voters live an extra decade
Voters in the seats of Bradfield, North Sydney and Wentworth have some of the lowest death rates in Australia, according to new analysis that reveals the huge and growing gaps in lifespans across electorates.
- by Lucy Carroll
Foley blames federal government’s deliberate, willful neglect for hospital woes
Victoria’s health minister says the pressure on the state’s healthcare system is “simply untenable” without Commonwealth investment.
- by Melissa Cunningham and Josh Gordon
About 2800 people were in hospital at Omicron’s peak. How many caught it there?
Health experts are calling for the compulsory reporting of all hospital-acquired infections including COVID-19 to prevent further deaths.
- by Mary Ward and Lucy Carroll
Editorial
Healthcare
Fixing emergency department ills needs a focus on looking after existing staff
Victoria’s hospital emergency departments are in a critical condition.
- The Age's View
‘Extremely high demand’ drives triple-zero ambulance delays in Perth
St John Ambulance has issued a public alert for the first time ever warning people of the situation, with a quarter of its fleet ramped as of Monday afternoon.
- by Peter de Kruijff
Opinion
Healthcare
It’s an emergency: unhealthy reliance on EDs must be triaged
The winter virus season, combined with COVID, may push our overwhelmed hospital emergency departments over the edge. An intervention is urgently required.
- by Sue Ieraci
Mothers left to save children’s lives as mental health system fails families: charity
Mothers are “close to breaking point” trying to make sure their children survive complex mental illness, the head of a national mental health charity says.
- by Andrew Taylor
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Healthcare
‘It feels like you’re just trying to save disasters from happening’
Critically ill Victorians are being resuscitated in corridors, as senior medical staff sound the alarm over further deterioration in the state’s overcrowded hospitals.
- by Melissa Cunningham and Aisha Dow