Staff are being attacked and corridors are at times jammed with sick people. Doctors who see the horror have ideas to fix it,but are not allowed to talk about it.
Authorities have identified the most likely source of the outbreak that caused the deaths of two patients at a prestigious Sydney hospital.
The Cook government’s winter health strategy will see the number of women’s mental health beds at the Cockburn Health facility shrink by one-third,according to a leaked letter.
Elsie Gribben’s family took her to the hospital on Tuesday after she was complaining of leg pain and picked her up two day later without a diagnosis.
A nationwide review of public hospitals showed significant strain on Queensland’s public healthcare system,with only half of patients presenting to emergency seen within the recommended window.
Documents released to this masthead under Freedom of Information laws detail challenges Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital’s cardiothoracic surgery unit,largely throughout 2024 and 2025.
Many of NSW’s 4400 hospital buildings are ageing and riddled with mould,but a $940 million upgrade of one Sydney hospital may have disturbed spores deadly to some of its sickest patients.
The NSW government’s snap review comes after health workers raised patient safety concerns over fungus,mould and pigeon infestations.
Three people have died in incidents allegedly involving patients who had absconded from the 175-year-old facility,which will be replaced by a new complex at Westmead next year.
Alleged killings are predictable when hospitals are treated as prisons,a senior psychiatrist says,as the use of Section 19b orders has become a lightning rod.